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Flint · 11-23-2010, 11:21 PM

The question is whether evaluating a bool function (for true or false) is the same as "calling" the function and executing the internal code of the function which is conditional on it being true or false. And the answer I am getting is that this is not the same, because my program runs and works.

This code only "calls" passLength IF passLength is false.

Code:

if	(!passLength(password))
	(passLength(password));

If it is false, this gives it another chance to be true. Repeat.

Unlike the solutions graciously suggested by Pete Zicato and Happy Monkey, in my code I do not require a superfluous bool variable. I use the bool function to evaluate itself. Maybe this is "wrong" but it works.

11-23-2010, 11:21 PM	#24
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The question is whether evaluating a bool function (for true or false) is the same as "calling" the function and executing the internal code of the function which is conditional on it being true or false. And the answer I am getting is that this is not the same, because my program runs and works. This code only "calls" passLength IF passLength is false. Code: if (!passLength(password)) (passLength(password)); If it is false, this gives it another chance to be true. Repeat. Unlike the solutions graciously suggested by Pete Zicato and Happy Monkey, in my code I do not require a superfluous bool variable. I use the bool function to evaluate itself. Maybe this is "wrong" but it works. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**