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It's in different context. Reusing a keyword or an operator in different context happens all the time in languages.

• kbenson 10y ago
  Is it that different? Assuming you would use '?' and ':', presumable we might see both the following then: let foo = foo()?; let bar = bar() ? this() : that();
  • ww520 10y ago
    ? already has different forms as of now. You can do foo()?; or foo()?.bar(). People don't seem to be confused. expr ? expr : expr is just another form. The ternary form is so well known that I doubt people have problem recognizing it.
    • __david__ 10y ago
      Are those really 2 different forms? I was under the impression that these were the same: foo()?.bar() (foo()?).bar()
    • Rusky 10y ago
      The usage of ? in foo()?.bar() is no different from its usage in foo()?; ...