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Re: Do you find this weird too? [message #56848 is a reply to message #56844]

Mon, 19 November 2007 06:00

David Fanning
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Allan Whiteford writes:

> Can anyone post an example of code where this feature is useful?

Well, I just point out that it eliminates having to use
the > and < operators, which you point out you COULD use
if you were concerned about this. :-)

Ray Sterner (JHUAPL) pointed out to me once why this was
useful to him, and why he relied on it all the time.
But I never have been able to remember the reason.
I don't think I have ever run into it as a problem
in actual coding.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Do you find this weird too? By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 19 November 2007 15:38
		Re: Do you find this weird too? By: David Fanning on Mon, 19 November 2007 06:00
		Re: Do you find this weird too? By: Allan Whiteford on Mon, 19 November 2007 03:01
		Re: Do you find this weird too? By: lasse on Mon, 19 November 2007 02:45
		Re: Do you find this weird too? By: Allan Whiteford on Mon, 19 November 2007 02:36

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