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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Short circuit boolean evaluation
Date: 07 Nov 2003 21:27:06 +0000
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Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk> writes:

> if (Alarm_Is_On and then Operator_Is_Alerted) then
>   Wait_For_Operator;
> else
>   Call_Fire_Brigade;
> end if;

> By using the first version you explicitly explain to the reader that
> there is something fishy going on when evaluating Operator_Is_Alerted,
> since it may only be evaluated if Alarm_Is_On evaluates to true.

And I notice those superfluous parens!

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Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.