Re: a shortcut to set variable

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On 12 April 2011 20:00, David Harkness <david.h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Without running the code, can you say what the output will be in the 3
>> examples?
>
> Yes, but I would still rewrite that code. ;) I typically reserve the ternary
> operator to return a value or assign a variable. Given that it is used less
> frequently combined with its precedence in PHP differing from other
> languages make using it in complicated expressions prone to errors and
> misunderstanding by others.
> Adding parentheses avoids interpreter errors but doesn't lessen the
> likelihood of another developer breaking the code if they modify it.
> David
>

No matter what one developer uses a ternary for, it can be used as in
inline if/then/else.

And as such, not keeping track of the precedence is what will make for
some very interesting debugging exercise.



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