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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the languages I know, i-=-1 or x=3 are not expressions, but rather statements, so they do not evaluate to a value.

So, this would be a compiler error:

a = (x=3)
[–] mfz@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, not all languages allow for fun programming :)

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the opposite of fun to me, to have those as expressions...