On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 09:30:23AM +1000, John Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 09:11:49 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > >
> > > const int x = remainder > 2 ? 5 : 0;
> >
> > That's not the same thing.
>
> How so?
You're setting a value for x regardless of whether the conditional is true
or false, whereas the Ruby code does not modify the variable unless the
conditional is true.
- Matt
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