What I'd really like to see in an if-statement...

[Bjorn Engsig]

Article <14521 at bfmny0.UUCP> by tneff at bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) says:
|	val1 < x < val2
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|What's wished for is a triadic comparison operator ...
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|... and parsing would be a nightmare.
As an example, have a look at the database language SQL, where you can write

  <expr1> <= <expr2> AND <expr2> <= <expr3>

or
  
  <expr2> BETWEEN <expr1> AND <expr3>

The two semantically equal (no side effects) have to be syntactically different
for the parser to resolve it.  

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