Re: Ternary operator patch

[Christopher Eykamp <chris@...>]

On 9/18/2010 9:21 AM, Tom N Harris wrote:
> 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."

I concur with this point, but everyone else is doing it for the same 
reason Lua should: a good ternary operator allows a compact, readable 
way of expressing a very common construct.   It would be my preference 
to use the syntax from Java and C++ (i.e. cond ? blah : blah).  It would 
also be my preference to NOT try to reuse the logical operators, as it 
can make the resulting code more ambiguous.

"Because Lua isn't other languages" is not a reason for omitting a 
feature, and is not an excuse for being different for the sake of being 
different.  Where other languages get things right, Lua should follow.

Chris Eykamp