Re: if statements

[dmitry6243@my-deja.com]

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In article <8u9r96$jmb$1@wanadoo.fr>,
  "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> <dmitry6243@my-deja.com> a �crit dans le message news:
8u8j99$2rk$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > A funny version that does not require a temp variable:
> >
> > procedure Swap (A, B : in out Integer) is
> > begin
> >    if A <= B then
> >       A := A + B;
> >       B := A - B;
> >       A := A - B;
> >    end if;
> > end Swap;
> >
> > It works better if A, B are modular (:-))
> >
> But then, you have :
>    A:= A xor B;
>    B := B xor A;
>    A := A xor B;

It will work too, but for modulus 2**n only. +/- variant should work
always (:-))

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