[fpc-pascal] New feature: IfThen() intrinsic

[Sven Barth]

Am 01.02.2016 09:35 schrieb "David Butler" <djbutler at gmail.com>:
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> This is usually called "inline if".
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> Maybe call it "inlineif" or "iif", e..g
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> x := iif (a < 3, 1, 2)
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> or even
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> 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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