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Re: GNU Octave Code Style: Prefer ~= or !=?
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Kai Torben Ohlhus |
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Re: GNU Octave Code Style: Prefer ~= or !=? |
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Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:52:15 +0900 |
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On 1/21/20 12:25 PM, Andrew Janke wrote:
> Hi y'all,
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> Can I get a ruling on a Code Style issue for
> https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_style_guide?
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> Do you prefer ~= or != for "not equal" comparisons?
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> The code style says "!" is preferred over "~" but it doesn't explicitly
> talk about "!=" vs "~=".
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> Cheers,
> Andrew
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Thanks for expanding the wiki about this. Statistically I would say
Octave prefers "!=":
$ find . -iname "*.m" -exec grep "~=" {} \; | wc -l
16
$ find . -iname "*.m" -exec grep "!=" {} \; | wc -l
910
Best,
Kai