Re: Why is creating of if Expressions not allowed?

[sighoya via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 24 March 2019 at 16:57:25 UTC, Rémy Mouëza wrote:
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;

Hmm..., sounds like bad news. Is there any mixin technology for 
statements?