On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 11:37, Patrick Kofod Mogensen <patrick.mogen...@gmail.com> wrote: > But that is exactly what Forgy's code does > > expression && do_something
Problem with this is that it is a bit cryptic. There is this related issue: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/16389 @Anonymous: why don't you post your suggestion there? Where it is more likely to get traction. > is the same as > > if expression > do_something > end > > On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 10:44:18 AM UTC+2, Anonymous wrote: >> >> I think maybe I didn't write exactly what I meant to. The expression in >> my original post should have been a boolean value, I want to mimic an if >> statement basically. Something of the form: >> >> boolean ? expression_to_eval_if_boolean_is_true >> >> Since the ternary operator mimics an if-else statement, it seems strange >> that you're given a convenient one-line form for an if-else statement, but >> not for just a straight if statement. Of course you could do >> >> if boolean; expression_to_eval_if_boolean_is_true; end >> >> but that's a bit clunky compared to the much slicker question-mark syntax. >> >> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 1:11:29 AM UTC-7, Eric Forgy wrote: >>> >>> This is already available using '&&' >>> >>> expression && do_something >>> >>
