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On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behal=
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> > Of Alexandre Guimar=C3=A3es
> > Sent: 09 October 2008 14:26
> > To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> > Subject: RES: RES: [PIC] Is there a IN statement
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> > Hi,
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> > >Always write the constant first. 5=3D=3Dy is valid, 5=3Dy is not
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> > =09I do that ! My point is that we are in the 21st century :-) That
> > should not be necessary. The compiler should take care of it. We do not
> > think with the constant first. We need to make it that way because the
> > language syntax is not good enough to catch "typo's" !
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> The compiler does take care of it by providing a warning (unless it's a=
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> really poor compiler); if you choose it ignore it that is your choice. =
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> Why should the language have to change to the point of losing backwards=
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> compatibility?

Losing backward compatibilty is not a bad thing. The existing compilers=20
don't just suddenly stop working. I guess the problem is really to do with=
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porting existing code to new platforms that don't have old compiler=20
support.

I understand people's reluctance to do extra work when moving from one=20
version of a compiler to another but if there is a benefit then a little=20
bit of extra work is acceptable. The greater the benefit the more effort=20
is acceptable.

Regards
Sergio Masci

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