Keywords "and", "or", and "not"

ID:2095724
 
Jun 6 2016, 4:39 pm
Not Feasible
Applies to:Dream Maker
Status: Not Feasible
Implementing this feature is not possible now or in the foreseeable future
This is a very low-priority feature request. These keywords would be synonymous to:
#define and &&
#define or  ||
#define not !

Pretty self-explanatory, but if Lummox wants to add those in, that'd be pretty neat. Otherwise, don't sweat it. I figure it would be pretty easy to add those.
Jun 6 2016, 9:44 pm
Ew, this isn't Visual Basic :P
Jun 6 2016, 9:53 pm
Lummox JR resolved issue (Not Feasible)
Jun 6 2016, 9:53 pm
This status is a misnomer. It's feasible, but... no.
Jun 6 2016, 9:53 pm
We need a 'Nope' status for features.
Jun 7 2016, 2:21 am
In response to Nadrew
Nadrew wrote:
Ew, this isn't Visual Basic :P

Jun 7 2016, 5:34 am
The book I learned C++ from mentioned that C++ had this too, but I never used it once, tbh.
Jun 7 2016, 9:25 am
In response to Pokemonred200
Pokemonred200 wrote:
The book I learned C++ from mentioned that C++ had this too, but I never used it once, tbh.

I've never seen such a thing in C++ and I'm loath to believe it exists. Perl has it, but using plain-English operators in Perl is like wearing a fanny pack in a nudist camp.
Jun 7 2016, 10:14 am
In response to Lummox JR
Jun 7 2016, 1:26 pm
DM actually has a few things that were taken from the BASIC dialect (even though some aren't documented):

This mimics BASIC style for loops
for var/i = 1 to 10 step 2


And the "is not" operator comes from BASIC as well:
if (10 <> 5)
  world << "true"
Jun 9 2016, 1:58 pm
In response to Mr_Goober
Just use defines.
Jun 9 2016, 5:06 pm
Looks funky imo.

#define not !

mob/verb/Test()
    . = FALSE
    if(not(.))
        world << TRUE
    else
        world << FALSE
Jun 10 2016, 12:40 am
This particular function might be a little awol, but having the capacity to define operators and keywords would be really interesting.
Jun 10 2016, 2:41 am
python got it right and you're all wrong /me shakes stick
Jun 10 2016, 3:16 am
In response to Kozuma3
 
#define not !

/world/New()
    . = FALSE
    if(not .)
        world << FALSE
    else
        world << TRUE


No need for the brackets :P
Jun 10 2016, 9:28 am
In response to GinjaNinja32
GinjaNinja32 wrote:
No need for the brackets :P

No need to call parentheses brackets.
Jun 10 2016, 2:31 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
GinjaNinja32 wrote:
No need for the brackets :P

No need to call parentheses brackets.

Should add that to the DM ref.
Parenthesis ()
Brackets []
Braces {}
Jun 11 2016, 8:29 am
Verbal operators kinda only make sense if the language was designed that way to begin with.