Re: display _ as left arrow (was Re: Help on sending a UDP Packet)
Derek Zhou via Users mailing list for the GNU Smalltalk environment <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.gnu.general |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
[email protected] writes: > I'm using the underscore (_) as assignment operator; > > As far as I can see, both Squeak and GNU smalltalk accept and support "_" as assignment; > Accept, but not encourage. None of the GNU smalltak and Squeak's official example code use it. ":=" at least is a cognate from Pascal, what else is using "_" ? As a language GNU smalltalk has to be compatible; as a editor package smalltalk-mode needs to promote best practices. The problem with underscore is it is white space sensitive, and that can throw many people off: a_-1 a _-1 Both are valid smalltalk expressions. Derek