Question about checks for min and max values

[Henry Melancon]

Jay, I would have to agree with you on this one.  I do not like the way this works, IMHO........that is why I asked the original question.......Thanks to all who contributed to this topic, because I value the different opinions......

Henry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Jay R. Ashworth
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: Question about checks for min and max values
> 
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 06:39:39PM -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
> > You think "" eq "0" is bad? You should have heard me when I first
> discovered
> > that "abcdefg" eq "abc"  !
> > But even that is perfectly OK and logical and useful (actually _very_
> > useful) and doesn't get in the way or cause any problems as long as you
> know
> > about it.
> 
> It may be useful, but I continue to assert that it is neither logical,
> nor OK.
> 
> The semantics of "=" are *very* well defined in the discipline of
> programming language design, and language designers override them at
> their peril.  Spelling it differently (ie: "eq") doesn't *really* get
> you off the hook.
> 
> IMHO.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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