<div dir="ltr">What do you think about this?<div><br></div><div>let i = if(x == y, 123, 456)</div><div><br></div><div>the second parameter could be optional, so if the condition is false you would get a nil</div><div><br></div><div>let i = if(x == y, 123) // may return nil<br></div><div><br></div><div>making it function like would make a bit more natural to chain other functions</div><div><br></div><div>let i = if(x == y, 123).map( ... )</div><div><br></div><div>I am usually not an opponent of the ternary conditional operator, but I do know instances where beginner were struggling with it, when they first encountered it. That you cannot google it makes it worse. And in Swift the question mark has a special meaning regarding optionals, that other languages don't have.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>This is just an quick idea though. I agree with Chris, that we should only replace it, when we are really sure the new solution is better.</div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Charles Constant via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">One more thought. This syntax would also placate ternary haters. I think the traditional complaint about ternary expressions is that people can't remember the order of the true and false values. This would not be an issue with:<div><br></div><div> let i = boo ? ( true: 123, false: 456 )<br></div><div><br></div><br></div>
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