Why does it say someone +1'd your rant/comment in the notification while the person actually ++'d it?

a+1 and a++ are not the same.
@dfox I don't like this.

Holy shit I never noticed that before..
Now I will see this all the time.
We need an explanation!

Wait I thought x++ == x+1 🤔

@sha-256 you can make your own iterator, where ++ isn't giving you the next iteration (would be unlogical).
And the ++ operator doesn't exist in all language (python user :p)

Because when devRant started ++ was actually +1. Guess they forgot to change the message...

@SHA-256 x+1 doesn't change the value of x

@Ashkin But it does add 1 to x (if you print x+1 it will work(in python it does))

@SHA-256 C'mon man. It's inaccurate. And we're all developers. x+1 doesn't change the value of x. This must be fixed or it'll be ironic to have this technical error on an app like this.

@SHA-256 someone giving you a ++ would increment your reputation, whereas +1 would only change its displayed value

Out of scope but first time happy to read an argument between people because it's all about coding, and nothing else!

You must be new here.

@gitpush cool username btw

@bogdanwk ya signed up a month ago, rarely read comments

@YousifMansour Thanks​ man

no actually that's correct? +1'd is better than +=1

And only I can give out multiple pluses as you can see here.... :) (j/k... its a semi-bug)

Maybe it depends on the compiler. If devrant compiler is faster with +=1 than ++, it would make sense

@SHA-256 @Ashkin is right there is a difference between '++' and '+', the fist one is an unary operator that increments the value after returning the original value while the second one is a binary operator that returns the addition between the two operands without modifying any of them.

Something like:

++ =>
function(x){
return x;
x = x+1; //Increment after returning
}

+ =>
function(x, y){
return x + y; //No operand modified
}

I guess I was feeling a little StackOverflowy

@andros705 This is why I want to be someone ++ your comment/rant. Not someone did your comment/rant ++.

@SHA-256 no x+1 == ++x

X+1 != X++

I don't think it has anything to do with code.
Did you never had a conversation on a chat and when someone say something everyone agree, they just wrote '+1', maybe it come from this, when developers don't say i agree, but rather say just +1... Maybe.

You all should chill, everyone knows SCHEMEs iterator is the best..
(add1 x). If you wanna be classy you got (+ x 1). I'd say DevRant shouldn't have "++" or +1'd at all. What we need is:
"Insert name (add1 x)'d your rant!" Now that's style.

Thumbs up for a truly "functional" language 👍

@nicnaknic That would be ok too. At this point though I am more interested in having an expression that is correct than style. Plus not everyone is familiar with functional languages.

Someone +1ing a thing means that they only incremented it on their side not on devRant's server.

Preincrements

@Damgecontrol someone ++'d you comment / rant would actually imply ++rant or ++comment.