Re: Why is creating of if Expressions not allowed?

[Rémy Mouëza via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 24 March 2019 at 16:18:49 UTC, sighoya wrote:

Why

auto GenIf()()
{

return mixin("if(true) { return true;} else {return false;}");

}

public bool testFunction2()
{
    GenIf!();
}


gives me:

onlineapp.d-mixin-3(3): Error: expression expected, not if

onlineapp.d(8): Error: template instance `onlineapp.GenIf!()` error instantiating

Because D uses if statements, no if expressions.
The equivalent of an if expression is the ternary operator:
    bool-condition ? if-true : if-false;