Rant after trying Rust a bit

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 07/23/2015 06:28 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 7/23/15 10:49 AM, ixid wrote:
>> On Thursday, 23 July 2015 at 13:33:43 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at 21:04:57 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
>>>> :) The example was written to save space. I recon you understand what
>>>> I mean.
>>>
>>> Yeah, but the if/else is one of the most useful examples of it, and is
>>> covered by ?:, so the whole thing becomes less compelling then.
>>>
>>> The other places where I've used it in languages that support it are
>>> little blocks crammed into a line and sometimes exception grabbing...
>>> but still, the value isn't that great.
>>
>> If we had a clean sheet wouldn't it be better to have if return a value
>> and ditch ternary?
>
> Possibly, but then you'd need to have while return a value. -- Andrei

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