yes = true

[ebaker355]

I'm brand new to Cobra, and it looks fantastic! Is there a way I can substitute (like 'typedef', '#define', macro, etc.) the "true" keyword with "yes", and "false" with "no"? It's just a personal preference, but for my poor brain, code like:

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success = yes
failed = no


is more readable than:

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success = true
failed = false


Any way to do this type of keyword substitution in Cobra?
Thanks!

[Charles]

Thanks. Regarding the keyword substitution, no. In fact, Cobra's syntax generally prefers fewer ways to do a particular thing so that it's easier to read code between developers, examples, wiki pages, etc.

But if you really wanted to, you could try this:

extend Object

    def yes as bool
        return true

    def no as bool
        return false

# ...

success = .yes

Note that you need the leading period to access the extension methods. Also, Cobra does not look inside methods, so it won't really "know" that .yes is always true. Probably not a big deal, but something to consider.

[ebaker355]

Great! Thanks for the reply! Extending object is a nice workaround. Very helpful.