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From: larry@cci-bdc.UUCP (Larry DeLuca)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: The ':-)' operator
Message-ID: <154@cci-bdc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 08:51:17 EST
Article-I.D.: cci-bdc.154
Posted: Thu Feb 21 08:51:17 1985
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References: <10983@watmath.UUCP> <21000020@uiucuxc.UUCP> <354@snow.UUCP> <141@rtech.ARPA> <zinfande.334> <261@oliveb.UUCP>
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> In article <zinfande.334> berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) writes:
> | I would like to see the operator ':-)'.  I'm taking bets on what
> | it will mean (:-)
> 
> I would use it as a unary reverse assertation, so that this:
> 
> 	(a == 0) :-);   /* 'a' should not be zero here, barf if it is */
> 
> would be expanded to the equivalent of:
> 
> 	assert(a != 0); /* 'a' should not be zero here, barf if it is */
> 
> 
> 					    44 61 76 65 32 4C 6F 6E 67

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR :-) ***

i would think that it would mean to gently 'nudge' the expression
if necessary to make the condition true (mostly to prevent 
potentially big screwups from staying small ones)...

for example:

	(a == 0) :-);  /* if 'a' is NOT zero, well, make it zero :-) */

definition:

	:-) -- the "it damn well better be" operator

					larry...


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