Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> writes:
> Without becoming a purely functional language, you won't get rid of all
> statements.
Why not? GCC lets you use any statement in an expression:
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
int i, x, p=0;
x = ({ for (i=1; i<=10; i++) p += i; p;});
printf ("x=%d\n", x);
}
and C is certainly not a purely functional language.
> for, while, if, try, break, yield, return
> are all used for flow control, and should remain as statements.
What about assert, import, and pass?
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