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My code is riddled with small if-constructs like this:
To shorten the source code and to make it more readable, I suggest we have Test (or IIf?), True and False -keywords, so that the above code would shorten to this:

Test SomeVariable True CallSomeProcedure() False CallOtherProcedure()

We could even evaluate just True or False like this:

Test ResultFromSomeProcedure() False Result=#False
Test BreakFlag True Break

you can use macros for this

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 783#181783

ts-soft wrote:you can use macros for this

I know, but they get messy, and need both truepart and falsepart. And parenthesis. I'd rather have a native solution.

The suggestions you made are not Basic programming.

PB wrote:The suggestions you made are not Basic programming.

Why not?

Have you seen the majority of Basic languages using your examples?

No, but the features of other languages shouldn't be a reason to exclude features from PureBasic.

eesau wrote:Test SomeVariable True CallSomeProcedure() False CallOtherProcedure()

If SomeVariable : CallSomeProcedure() : Else : CallOtherProcedure() : EndIf

You'd save only two characters by doing it your way. What's the point?

The point is readability.

And sexiness

readability:
I find "Test X True Y False Z" rather confusing in an BASIC environment.
... what is it, Perl or Lisp?

sexiness:
there are people out there (including me) who would prefer Aretha Franklin before Paris Hilton!

> The point is readability

Maybe for you. I find it totally un-Basic to read. Just use Macros and be done.

Maybe you mean something like:

IFF

The IFF Statement starts an IF FALSE test in an IF ... ENDIF block .

IFT

The IFT Statement starts an IF TRUE test in an IF ... ENDIF block .

IFZ

The IFZ Statement starts an IF ZERO test in an IF ... ENDIF block .

XBasic and XBlite have it for ages... how un-basic is that?
(btw XBasic is way older than PureBasic...)

Thinking of it, I mentioned it long time ago, but as usual nobody listen to me anyhow...

Here it is:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 20&start=0

Horrible idea, but feel free to put it in your own macros

I'll stick to the cumbersome approach...
Or...

I could imagine, for a one-liner, to use the Then keyword like this: And it is Basic-like

uwekel wrote:

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If a=1 Then b=3 Else c=5

But the above can already be done like this:
With just one single character difference in typing length.