[jira] Created: (BOO-494) conditional: alpha < num < beta instread of alpha < num and num < beta

conditional: alpha < num < beta instread of alpha < num and num < beta
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         Key: BOO-494
         URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/BOO-494
     Project: Boo
        Type: New Feature
  Components: Compiler  
 Environment: All
 Reporter: Cameron Kenneth Knight


alpha < num < beta would be a handy feature because:

if num is a method, e.g. alpha < Number() < beta, which changes, you would 
instead have to do
tmp = Number()
if alpha < tmp and tmp < beta

if num has a long name, it would be more readable.
alpha < SomethingWithAVeryLongName and SomethingWithAVeryLongName < beta
looks a lot worse than
alpha < SomethingWithAVeryLongName < beta

It would also possibly provide optimized IL for this expression.
quoting botty:
ldint32 5
ldarg.s x
dup
blt
hmm
the target it breaks to would have to pop tho
then
ldint32 10
blt

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