On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
On 05/02/16 09:23, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
But introducing 2 new operators based on words (a-z, not 16 bit) means 2 new
keywords and causes conflicts.
Except if "then" and "else" are used (but without "if")
x := 1 < 3 then 5 else 4;
No. Think about the ambiguities that arise if you use this inside the condition
of an if-statement.
What if it required use of braces:
x := (expression then truevalue else falsevalue);
Let's make it simple:
The use of "if", "then" and "else" are not up for discussion.
Ah ok.
so I think no /current/ keywords would be allowed either... I see.
Anything that spells 'statement' is indeed going to meet with fierce resistance.
What of
x := ( condition, true:=truevalue, false:=falsevalue);
Apart from any parsing difficulties this may present, what is the benefit over
x:=condition ? truevalue : falsevalue
The latter being the generally used one ?
Michael.
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