[fpc-pascal] IfThen() intrinsic removed

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Lukasz Sokol wrote:

> On 05/02/16 09:23, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
>>
>>>>> But introducing 2 new operators based on words (a-z, not 16 bit) means 2 new keywords and causes conflicts.
>>>>> Except if "then" and "else" are used (but without "if")
>>>>> x := 1 < 3 then 5 else 4;
>>>>
>>>> No. Think about the ambiguities that arise if you use this inside the condition of an if-statement.
>>>>
>>> What if it required use of braces:
>>>
>>> x := (expression then truevalue else falsevalue);
>>
>> Let's make it simple:
>>
>> The use of "if", "then" and "else" are not up for discussion.
>>
> Ah ok.
>
> so I think no /current/ keywords would be allowed either... I see.

Anything that spells 'statement' is indeed going to meet with fierce resistance.

>
> What of
>
> x := ( condition, true:=truevalue, false:=falsevalue);

Apart from any parsing difficulties this may present, what is the benefit over

   x:=condition ? truevalue : falsevalue

The latter being the generally used one ?

Michael.