Python resisted this for a while, depending on it's OR behavior. However, the OR behavior has a lot of critics and criticisms. See https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0308/
The if expression is really nice, and quite clear. I use it a lot. It doesn't require null types or other exotic features. On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 3:54:46 PM UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:50 PM, <matti....@qvik.fi <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > In addition (or instead of) the ternary operator; I would very much like > to > > see an operator like: > > > > Python's OR for selecting a non-None value: > > > > foo = bar or baz > > > > Swift's ?? operator for using a value if non-nil or otherwise another > value: > > > > foo = bar ?? "default" > > Go doesn't have a general None or nil value, so this seems > underspecified. It also doesn't seem to fit well with the language, > which is careful to avoid constructs like implicit conversion to bool. > > Ian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
