How do we read code?

Re:How do we read code? by Symmetry on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @02:30PM (#4944283)

Better yet, you can do stuff like

  value = if (test) {some_value * multiple}
          else if (test2) {second_value}
          else {false_value}

which falls in a straightforward way out of the if/else syntax, which the language authors have put a lot more thought into than the rarely used ?: syntax.

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Re:How do we read code? by dmckeon on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @03:06PM (#4944488)

How about formatting the ternary thusly:

  value = test
    ? (some_value * multiple)
    : false_value;

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Re:How do we read code? by Symmetry on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @03:22PM (#4944590)

To match, it would have to be:

  value = test ? some_value * multiple
          : test2 ? second_value
          : false_value;

Which, you know, isn't that bad. But it looks really weird since people don't expect you to use ternary that way, while multi-part if statements are fairly normal.

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