Suggestion: "true" and "false" booleans!

dude341

In Scratch, there is no “true” or “false” booleans.
Right now, we have to do

<[0] = [0]>

for “true” and

<[0] = [1]>

for “false”
Doing that is kind of confusing and New Scratchers probably won't understand it.
So, Scratch could add “true” and “false” booleans!
Here is what they would look like:

true::operators boolean

and

false::operators boolean

They are booleans
So, do you support?

Support/Semi Support
stickfiregames (Support)
scratchinghead (+0.5/Semi-Support)
sithsiri (Support)
Gaza101(Support)
Zekrom01(Support)

No Support
Econinja
Rumanti
DaSpudLord
Blank1234
IronBit_Studios
ZozaTech
Cream_E_Cookie

Last edited by dude341 (Sept. 12, 2015 18:41:44)

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Econinja

No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.

Last edited by Econinja (Sept. 12, 2015 08:38:39)

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dude341

Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.

But New Scratcher could be confused by what the

<[] = [ ]>

blocks do.

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Econinja

dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks do.

Uhhh…*
Anyways, you've got the in editor help, the Scratch Wiki, the Questions About Scratch forums (Help with Scripts isn't the best place since it's for scripts, but I get it) and loads of people who can help.
Still no support due to obviousness and plentiful help resources.
(BTW, I think Snap! has this feature)
*Disclaimer: This is not a rule

Last edited by Econinja (Sept. 12, 2015 08:48:07)

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dude341

Econinja wrote:
dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks do.
Uhhh…
Anyways, you've got the in editor help, the Scratch Wiki, the Questions About Scratch forums (Help with Scripts isn't the best place since it's for scripts, but I get it) and loads of people who can help.
Still no support due to obviousness and plentiful help resources.

That topic is for someone saying “No support” because it is confusing to new Scratchers.
(I actually support that)

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iamunknown2

dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks do.

They could also be confused on what clones are, so should we remove them from Scratch?

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Jonathan50

dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = []>
blocks do.

Seriously?
Its just one thing is the same is the other…
If new scratchers at first don't understand, that's fine and normal, they can just learn and find out.
Do you expect a new scratcher to understand

when gf clicked

with out being told, or finding it out?

Last edited by Jonathan50 (Sept. 12, 2015 09:31:36)

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stickfiregames

Support

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scratchinghead

Semi-support, workaroundable.

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dude341

Everyone: “true” and “false” booleans are in other languages, so why not in Scratch?

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dude341

iamunknown2 wrote:
dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks do.
They could also be confused on what clones are, so should we remove them from Scratch?

When did I suggest to remove the

<[] = [ ]>

blocks?

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iamunknown2

dude341 wrote:
iamunknown2 wrote:
dude341 wrote:
Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.
But New Scratcher could be confused by what the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks do.
They could also be confused on what clones are, so should we remove them from Scratch?
When did I suggest to remove the
<[] = [ ]>
blocks?

OK. I'll give another example: If Scratchers don't know what forever blocks are, does that mean we should use goto blocks instead?

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Jonathan50

iamunknown2 wrote:
dude341 wrote:
-snip-
OK. I'll give another example: If Scratchers don't know what forever blocks are, does that mean we should use goto blocks instead?

Argh

Uderzo/Goscinny wrote:

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sithsiri

Lol support. Why not? It would be easy to implement.

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Gaza101

This is a core feature of nearly every high-level programming language that exists today. It makes absolutely no sense not to implement this; it should have been added in Scratch 1.0, honestly. Support.

Last edited by Gaza101 (Sept. 12, 2015 12:56:55)

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Rumanti

No support.

First, there are a super simple workarounds.

Second, it is not THAT difficult, not as confusing as e.g. clones (and they're not removed!). We all know Scratch should never be super-simple-and-easy, or otherwise people would never learn anything and would focus more on silly little things.

There are a lot of resources, and as much as you should let babies fall instead of carrying them all the time (which would make them inable to walk at all), you should let the New Scratchers be confused (on the safe zone), with a little spice of difficulty and a pinch of challenge. There's no harm in letting them (let, not make) get a little safe difficulty. New Scratchers aren't that stupid. Their curiousity would guide them into getting help, by trial and error.

In return for all this difficulty, they will get knowledge, and experience.
And if you tried to remove all the difficulty.. Instead, you will get rid of the learning experience. And no doubt, makes them, the New Scratchers, lazier, or even dumber. Thanks to difficulty and challenge, humans have evolved. Thanks to them, we are as smart as now.

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DaSpudLord

No support as per above.

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Blank1234

Econinja wrote:
No support, it's too easy to understand.
New Scratchers probably know that 0 does not equal to 1, or 7 > 1 is true.

dude341

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Zekrom01

Semi-support, there are several workarounds, but this would make things easier too.

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Probably doing college work

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