• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
    2·
    19 hours ago

    I honestly can’t see how this is more readable than

    x = (y > 5) ? "foo" : "bar"

    I get that it’s a syntax that needs to be learned, but it’s just so clean and concise!

    • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 hours ago

      Because it can be done for multiple lines too. And you can do else-if too. Also, “if” and “else” is more recognizable than “?” and “:”

      x = if y > 5 {
    println!("Y was over 5");
    z + 5
} else if y < 0 {
    handle_negative_y(y);
    z - y
} else {
    println!("<WARN> unexpected value for y"}
    0
}
    • four@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      What I like about using if and else for that is that you’re already using those keywords for branching in other parts of the code.

      Though my least favorite is probably Python’s:

      x = "foo" if y > 5 else "bar"

      It just seems backwards to me

      • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
        1·
        14 hours ago

        While Python’s version does feel a bit backwards, it’s at least consistent with how list comprehensions are set up. They can also feel a bit “backwards” imo, especially when they include conditionals.

        • four@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          13 hours ago

          List comprehension is another thing I don’t like about Python :)

          There’s more of those, but one thing I do like about Python is that I get paid for writing it, so I try not to complain too much