David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 04:23:46PM +0000, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>> * Dominic Mitchell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> >
>> > $foo ? do_foo_stuff() : do_other_stuff();
>> >
>>
>> Ok, this started off as a bit of a joke/troll, however i'm about to
>> take my own bait ....
>>
>> For what its worth, i think this syntax is one of the worst pieces of
>> syntax in Perl.
>
> The really sick puppies (cough) are those who nest ?: inside each
> other.
I've seen it used as a 'switch' type operator:
$cond1 ? action1() :
$cond2 ? action2() :
$cond3 ? action3() :
...
$condN ? actionN();
and I'm still not sure whether I utterly hate it or not...
$cond1 && action1() ||
$cond2 && action2() ||
...
works just as 'well'...
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
