Am 01.02.2016 09:35 schrieb "David Butler" <djbut...@gmail.com>: > > This is usually called "inline if". > > Maybe call it "inlineif" or "iif", e..g > > x := iif (a < 3, 1, 2) > > or even > > x := iif a < 3 then 1 else 2;
I personally would have preferred "if a < 3 then 1 else 2", but a discussion on fpc-devel a dew months ago has shown that there are quite some against it... I myself am against a c-like operator like ?: and thus the intrinsic came as a compromise. Regards, Sven
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