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often times you want to do more stuff in either case so ? does not always work. The if-else approach is more general.

• matt_kantor 12y ago
  You could also do this: let x: Something = { if condition { someSideEffect() return foo() } else { anotherSideEffect() return bar() } }() But it's kind of ugly.
  • masklinn 12y ago
    Sad that Swift doesn't use an expressive if, then you could just write: let x: Something = if condition { // do stuff foo() } else { // do other stuff bar() }
    • 0942v8653 12y ago
      That's something I really miss in other languages—the ternary operator is just not good enough for when you have a condition like this. In lisp it's 3 lines which is just the right amount when in other languages you have 6 lines (and until now unnecessary mutability) or only one.