[swift-evolution] ternary operator ?: suggestion

[Al Skipp]

> On 15 Dec 2015, at 16:18, Dennis Lysenko <dennis.s.lysenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Also, +1 to removing ?: ternary in general. It does not match the atmosphere of Swift. Where you can write:
> 
> self.x = a ? b : c
> self.y = a ? d : e
> self.z = a ? f : g
> 
> You could just write
> 
> if a {
>   self.x = b
>   self.y = d
>   self.z = f
> } else {
>   self.x = c
>   self.y = e
>   self.z = g
> }
> 
> Now it's easier to scan for what changes when a is true. With if-expressions, this would scale even better to multiple conditions/declarations.

If the ternary operator is removed, but is not replaced with an equivalent expression, so that we must resort to ‘if’ statements, I will cry!

Al 😭
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