Gotcha.
I would never try and be this 'clever' in an actual program I was writing. I understand the need to simplify things in certain cases, but especially in a case like this where the stack is barely even being touched, it's really making things more complicated for the programmer as well as anyone maintaining the code.
In discrete structures, though, it is a major part of the curriculum to simplify decision trees and statements with equivalencies. In that regard, this exercise has its uses. Especially as the next classes are assembly language and advanced data structures, which I'm told will be full of shite like this.
I equate it to creating your own linked list instead of using STL. I will hopefully never ever have to create a linked list ever again by creating my own node class/pointers. It is useful, however, to know what the STL is doing when you make a dynamic list.
I would never try and be this 'clever' in an actual program I was writing. I understand the need to simplify things in certain cases, but especially in a case like this where the stack is barely even being touched, it's really making things more complicated for the programmer as well as anyone maintaining the code.
In discrete structures, though, it is a major part of the curriculum to simplify decision trees and statements with equivalencies. In that regard, this exercise has its uses. Especially as the next classes are assembly language and advanced data structures, which I'm told will be full of shite like this.
I equate it to creating your own linked list instead of using STL. I will hopefully never ever have to create a linked list ever again by creating my own node class/pointers. It is useful, however, to know what the STL is doing when you make a dynamic list.
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