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| From | Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Assigning void |
| Date | 2012-10-13 13:31 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mn.6b2b7dca897be4d2.70216@a.com> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <k5c6vs$p9v$1@speranza.aioe.org> <k5cbcn$9dl$1@dont-email.me> <k5cd80$k8p$1@dont-email.me> <mn.6aec7dcaffbb07c0.70216@a.com> <k5cg71$6j7$1@dont-email.me> |
markspace wrote : > On 10/13/2012 12:28 PM, Wojtek wrote: > >> So questioning a design decision and trying to understand its rational >> is trolling? Really? > > > Yup, because there's no way anyone on this list could possibly answer that > question. You might try asking some of the language conferences or at > JavaOne. They might be able to tell you, or at least give you a rational. > > All I can personally say, and I'm pretty sure all anyone here can say, is > "Java is easy to read" is a goal, and allowing inline conditional is seen as > detrimental to that goal. Maybe. int a = (isTest()) ? 5 : 4; As opposed to int a; if (isTest()) a = 5; else a = 4; Both are perfectly readable, yet I find the ternary expression better. Or to strech it a little: int compare = (a > b) ? 1 : (a < b) ? -1 : 0; ------ int compare; if ( a > b ) compare = 1; else if ( a < b ) compare = -1; else compare = 0; -- Wojtek :-)
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Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-12 22:54 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 23:27 -0700
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 12:35 -0700
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 09:26 -0400
Re: Assigning void Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2012-10-13 17:06 +0300
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 10:34 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-13 22:33 +0200
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 17:34 -0400
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 17:45 -0400
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 21:35 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-16 00:16 +0200
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 11:59 -0400
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-13 17:05 +0000
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 14:26 -0400
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 11:51 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 15:08 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 12:28 -0700
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 12:42 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:54 -0700
OT - Trolling Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 14:16 -0700
Re: OT - Trolling Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 18:09 -0400
Re: OT - Trolling Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 18:47 -0700
Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-13 20:28 +0000
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 13:31 -0700
Re: Assigning void Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-20 18:00 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-20 09:56 -0700
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-21 13:24 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-21 10:23 -0700
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 00:13 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-21 16:25 -0700
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 08:43 +0200
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 10:18 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-22 08:14 -0700
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-21 19:45 +0000
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 00:14 +0200
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:44 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-10-15 14:38 +0300
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-15 09:11 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 15:03 -0400
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-13 20:21 +0000
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:38 -0700
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 12:49 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 13:03 -0700
Re: Assigning void Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-14 14:09 +0200
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 11:31 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 19:55 -0400
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 20:25 -0400
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 21:01 -0400
Re: Assigning void Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 18:42 -0700
Re: Assigning void Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-14 00:51 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-14 10:40 -0400
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-21 01:24 +0200
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-21 14:52 -0700
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-21 20:13 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-21 20:20 -0700
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:12 +0200
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-24 22:03 +0200
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-24 17:47 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-25 01:02 +0200
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-24 20:21 -0400
Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-25 20:04 +0000
(OT) Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-25 16:31 -0400
Re: (OT) Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-25 20:44 +0000
Re: Assigning void Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2012-10-25 07:25 -0300
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-25 11:12 -0700
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:01 +0200
Re: Assigning void Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-23 00:38 +0200
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