On 08/10/2015 23:18, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
Let me explain. If I see
If expr1 then expr2 else expr3
it says 'statement' to me. But
a ? b : c;
Says "expression" to me.
The way I look at it is that it's restoring a feature that was
(possibly accidentally) dropped during the ALGOL -> Pascal transition.
As such I don't have any problem with ALGOL-style
left := if a then b else c;
Well if it is merely a decision between syntax: FPC already as a command
line option for c like operator += -+ ..., so the ? could be only if c
like ops are enabled.
Besides this, if ?: is treated like any operator then you can also use
it in values for default param, or const
const bar = 1;
const TVal = 2;
const TVal2 = 3;
procedure foo(a: integer = 7 = bar ? TVal : TVal2);
...
const foo: integer = 7 = bar ? TVal : TVal2;
Which is hard enough to read. The meaning of the colon in the
declaration block changes, if preceded by a ?
Of course the if can be made misleading too, if you break lines in the
wrong place
foo := SomeBoolValOrExpression +
if a= b then bar(1) else bar(2);
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