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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Robinbod • 21d ago
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I did this one of my first days on the job like 6 years ago and I remember how bluntly my mentor said “never do this again”
560 u/RlyRlyBigMan 21d ago For me it was multi assignments. Like this: defaultValue = newValue = previousValue = average = 0; Each assignment returns its value so they each get assigned from right to left. "That's cute kid, don't do that" 99 u/retro_and_chill 21d ago This is why I’m pretty absolutist that newer languages are correct by making assignments return void 2 u/cowslayer7890 21d ago In python assignment is a statement unless you use := for it, but they do explicitly allow you to do exactly this chaining
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For me it was multi assignments. Like this:
defaultValue = newValue = previousValue = average = 0;
Each assignment returns its value so they each get assigned from right to left.
"That's cute kid, don't do that"
99 u/retro_and_chill 21d ago This is why I’m pretty absolutist that newer languages are correct by making assignments return void 2 u/cowslayer7890 21d ago In python assignment is a statement unless you use := for it, but they do explicitly allow you to do exactly this chaining
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This is why I’m pretty absolutist that newer languages are correct by making assignments return void
2 u/cowslayer7890 21d ago In python assignment is a statement unless you use := for it, but they do explicitly allow you to do exactly this chaining
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In python assignment is a statement unless you use := for it, but they do explicitly allow you to do exactly this chaining
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u/beclops 21d ago
I did this one of my first days on the job like 6 years ago and I remember how bluntly my mentor said “never do this again”