Re: Ternary operator patch
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- Subject: Re: Ternary operator patch
- From: Miles Bader <miles@...>
- Date: 2010年9月10日 18:02:31 +0900
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>> [I admit, an if-else operator is something I've wanted quite a few
>> times in the past, and given the extremely small implementation cost,
>> seems like it's almost a no-brainer...]
>
> A child has an extremely small implementation cost as well. You have to
> keep the followup costs in mind.
Hmm, given that it arguably could make much code _clearer_, the followup
costs may actually be less than zero... :)
[Note I'm talking about a simple "if EXPR then EXPR else EXPR", not
something fancy that allows embedded blocks or whatever.]
-Miles
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