> On 14 Jul 2002 at 6:21, Thomas Singer wrote:
>
> > int i = 1 < 2
> > ? 3
> > : 4;
> If you are going to the trouble of doing this, why not make
> it a full blow if/then/else statement?
> The entire point of the ternary operator is to save vertical space.
>
It does save space over
if (1 < 2)
{
i = 3;
}
else
{
i = 4;
}
because
if (1 < 2) i = 3;
else i=4;
is open to abuse if you want to add extra statements to the then or else
clauses later.
And it certainly saves space in a return statement:
return (obj == nil)
? MyNilObject
: obj ;
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