[askscript] Should we implement (pre) incrementation?

[czerwinskilukasz1]

Javascript has both pre- and post-incrementation, useful in loops, e.g.:

  let result = [];
  for (let i = 1; i <= m; ++i) {
    result.push(n*i);
  }

How about we implement preincrementation (++i)?

[czerwinskilukasz1]

@mhagmajer

[mhagmajer]

I think i = i +1 is fine for now. I know that a lot of C programmers (me included) are used to ++, however it is more difficult to read than i = i + 1 while not offering little advantage (given the current performance limitations). If I remember correctly, the popular AirBnB preset for eslint actually forbids i++ and prefers i=i+1. Therefore I would hold on with this until we have better performance where it actually matters how this operation is done (i++ vs ++i)

[czerwinskilukasz1]

I guess in scripting languages like Javascript ++ is no longer about program performance, it's about programmer's convenience.