Re: Ternary operator patch

[Tom N Harris <telliamed@...>]

On 9/16/2010 3:40 AM, Ryota Hirose wrote:
> There are two benefits of a ternary operator, I think.
> ...
> - The script code and compiled binary is shorter than other notation. So
> the code will run fast.

Can you give an example of how the bytecode would be shorter? As far as 
I can tell, the same instructions should be generated as using an 
explicit if-then-else.

> And people think "Other major languages have a ternary operator, but why
> Lua not?"

People can think what they like. "Everyone else is doing it" is never a 
reasonable argument. And the answer to the question is, "because Lua 
isn't other languages."

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