Mr.G. I'm afraid ?= is closer to ?. than ?: hence why "my vote" would be to use ||=
------------------------------------------- Java Champion; Groovy Enthusiast http://jroller.com/aalmiray http://www.linkedin.com/in/aalmiray -- What goes up, must come down. Ask any system administrator. There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. To understand recursion, we must first understand recursion. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com> wrote: > But Elvis operator users won't relate to ||=, whereas they see the analogy > between ?: and ?=. It's still Elvis "?:-)" > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Sergei Egorov <bsid...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 for ||= >> >> Very convenient operator, doesn't break readability (more or less) >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:25 PM Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It's a feature that's often be requested. >>> I think Ruby's got an equivalent with ||=, and it's often the reference >>> people give when exploring our Elvis operator coming from a ruby background >>> in particular. >>> I've had several opportunities where I could've used this operator. >>> It might make for a nice addition. >>> >>> Guillaume >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Daniel Sun <realblue...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Marcin Erdmann proposed the new operator ?=, e.g. a ?= "foo" is >>> equivalent of a = a ?: "foo". >>> >>> I like his idea, what do you think about it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Daniel.Sun >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble >>> .com/PROPOSAL-new-operator-tp5736886.html >>> Sent from the Groovy Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Guillaume Laforge >>> Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President >>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform >>> >>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ >>> Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ >>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> >>> >> > > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President > Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> >
