optional assignment

[monkyyy]

On Monday, 30 December 2024 at 15:07:41 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
> A common pattern in a world where `null` exists is
>
> ```d
> if (!a)
>   a = b;
> ```
>
> that is semantically equivalent, if `a` is a pointer (or if it 
> implements opCast!bool), to D
>
> ```d
> if (a is null)
>   a = b;
> ```
>
> I propose the get rid of the statement layer. The two statments 
> (there are more actually) can be a single expression:
>
> ```d
> a ?= b;
> ```
>
> As a new binary assign operator.

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