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I find ternary operators perfectly readable if you split the parts across lines — they map exactly to the conditions and statements in an if-else group. Co

I find ternary operators perfectly readable if you split the parts across lines — they map exactly to the conditions and statements in an if-else group. Cond1 // if this ? Result1 // return this : cond2 // else if this ? Result2 // return this : cond3 // else if this ? Result3 // return this : ResultElse // else return this

pests 6y ago
Which is not true in PHP up until the most recent version (iirc) due to it being left associative instead of right associative you are assuming.
amenod 6y ago
True, or even: Cond1 // if this ? Result1 // return this : cond2 // else if this ? Result2 // return this : cond3 // else if this ? Result3 // return this : ResultElse // else return this
- giantDinosaur 6y ago
  Goodness me that has potential to become something truly hideous.
  - Kkoala 6y ago
    It's funny how people have so many different preferences for ternary formatting. I can't think of any other operator that would have tens of different format prefs.
  - amenod 6y ago
    It's actually not that bad in practice... But I guess the pragmatic formatting is "whatever `prettier` does by default" anyway. :)
mekkkkkk 6y ago
I've come to hesistently accept nested ternaries, but I try to have all lines lead with a colon. This kinda mimics a switch statement with returns. firstPossible ? thenThis : secondPossible ? thenThisOtherThing : thirdPossible ? thenThisThirdThing : defaultThing Always fun to see how people treat ternary nesting. They still feel a bit naughty to me. The terseness is sort of unbeatable though.
- Kkoala 6y ago
  It's funny how people have so many different preferences for ternary formatting. I can't think of any other operator that would have tens of different format prefs.