From: fmwang at mediaone.net (Fuming Wang)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 22:12:48 -0400
Subject: Quick fix to add "+="
References: <3717AB14.2926AF76@mediaone.net> <slrn7hfd1v.or9.bwinton@tor.dhs.org>
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I have searched dejanews. They don't like the "+=" characters. Could you
be more specific about how to modify the interpreter? I desperate
here.:)

Thanks,
Fuming

Blake Winton wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:26:44 -0400, Fuming Wang <fmwang at mediaone.net> wrote:
> >Any one knows a quick fix to add "+=" function. I am really getting
> >tired of typing long names twice.
> 
> Heh.  I can't wait to see the other replies...  :)
> 
> += has been left out of the language for a good reason, and thus it's
> probably not likely that there's an easy way to add it.  I think you
> will have to recompile the interpreter to get it to do what you want,
> and even then, I don't think that you really want what it would do.
> 
> Surely there's some discussion about += in dejanews which would provide
> more enlightenment that I can.
> 
> Later,
> Blake.




