Why VB.NET doesn't have ++ ?

[sbasak]

I wonder why ++ operator is missing in VB.NET where as we have other C equivalents like += +* etc..

Any guess???

In one book I read that Microsoft thought ++ will complicate the code! Then why not the same for +/ etc??

[MerrionComputin]

Post and preincrement are bad coding practice.
This is because the second parameter is implied.

Use +=1 instead.

[Pirate]

Talking about Cs , ++ is used in C# with For loops like this :


int i;
for (i=1 ; i <=10 ; i++) {
Console.WriteLine("Number : " , i);

the output is :1 through 10 .

[hellswraith]

Originally posted by MerrionComputin
Post and preincrement are bad coding practice.
This is because the second parameter is implied.

Use +=1 instead.

??? Bad coding practice? Since when? I have been using it for a long time. All my C++ and C# books use it, even the MSDN library uses it. Where do you get this is bad coding practice.

[Arc]

Yah, why not use i+=1 it's the same thing.

int i;
for (i=1 ; i <=10 ; i+=1) {
Console.WriteLine("Number : " , i);
}

the output is :1 through 10 .

[hellswraith]

Originally posted by Arc
Yah, why not use i+=1 it's the same thing.

int i;
for (i=1 ; i <=10 ; i+=1) {
Console.WriteLine("Number : " , i);
}

the output is :1 through 10 .

You can do it, but the ++ operator can be used in other means besides incrementing a counter variable by 1. You can overload the operator in your C# class, and use it on an object. Such as if you had a object type that overloads the operator, you could have that object increment anything in the object, such as a property, value, etc.

Therefor, using the i +=1 doesn't work in all situations, just the value types like integer. Maybe you want to do a for loop through an object or something.

Basically, it provides some flexibility when programming, and that I welcome.

One last reason to use ++ instead of +=1, less typing...lol.

[Pirate]

hellswraith , I overloaded three voids in my C# class without any operators . How can you do that with ++ operators ?

[hellswraith]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ngtutorial.asp

[Pirate]

I don't get it hellswraith !! . Better I didn't use them in my voids .

[hellswraith]

In your voids?

What are you talking about? Show me an example.

[Pirate]

How can I overloads a function in C# with operators ? It seems not obligatory but preferable .
Thanks