...really? I don't even write C that often, and I didn't find that difficult at all. Even if you don't grok the syntax yet, it just does what it seems like it d

...really? I don't even write C that often, and I didn't find that difficult at all. Even if you don't grok the syntax yet, it just does what it seems like it does at first glance. And how on earth does a two-long ternary chain strike you as "extensive"? If you want to do something in addition to assignment, it's really quite easy: Just add a new `if` block underneath. This clearly separates your conditional assignment from whatever else is going on that may or may not be related to the assignment. (What if you add something besides assignment to the if, but then want to change the conditions for only that? You have to rewrite the whole thing!)