--- Miko O'Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SUMMARY > > C<$var ?= $x : $y> as a shortcut for C<$var = $var ? $x : $y>. > > > DETAILS > > We have ||=, +=, -=, etc. These shortcuts (I'm sure there's some > fancy > linguistic term for them) save us a few keystrokes and clean up the > code. > > So, concerning C<? :>, I find myself doing this type of thing a lot: > > $var = $var ? 1 : 0;
The only time this doesn't change type (arguably a bad thing in its own right) is when you're doing boolean ops. And for those, there exist boolean operators. > How 'bout a shortcut for that, something like this: > > $var ?= 1 : 0; Isn't this the same as C<$var &&= 1;> ? =Austin
