Maybe we shouldn't focus all that much on the " if " word..since all in all, it is meant to be differently from the language if-then-else What about using another word suggesting a choice?
j := Switch(i < 32, 48, 21); j := Select(i < 32, 48, 21); j := Which(i < 32, 48, 21); They look to me as a goog compromise between expressiveness (IfThen) and typing-laziness (iif). Roberto 2016-02-01 20:24 GMT+01:00 Philippe Lévi <phili...@quarta.com.br>: > iif ... sounds good to me! +1 ! > Philippe > > ________________________________________ > De: fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org < > fpc-pascal-boun...@lists.freepascal.org> em nome de Marco van de Voort < > mar...@stack.nl> > Enviado: segunda-feira, 1 de fevereiro de 2016 16:22 > Para: FPC-Pascal users discussions > Assunto: Re: [fpc-pascal] New feature: IfThen() intrinsic > > In our previous episode, Maciej Izak said: > > > > > iif is not semantic clear. IIF means "Immediate IF". Citation: "both > > truepart and the falsepart will be evaluated regardless of which one is > > actually returned." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIf > > Well, correct that then :) > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal >
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