Swift 1.2 and Xcode 6.3 beta

Re:Swift 1.2 and Xcode 6.3 beta by matt_kantor on Monday February 09, 2015 @03:07PM (#9023332)

You could also do this:

    let x: Something = {
      if condition {
        someSideEffect()
        return foo()
      } else {
        anotherSideEffect()
        return bar()
      }
    }()

But it's kind of ugly.

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Re:Swift 1.2 and Xcode 6.3 beta by masklinn on Monday February 09, 2015 @03:31PM (#9023489)

Sad that Swift doesn't use an expressive if, then you could just write:

    let x: Something = if condition {
        // do stuff
        foo()
    } else {
        // do other stuff
        bar()
    }

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Re:Swift 1.2 and Xcode 6.3 beta by 0942v8653 on Monday February 09, 2015 @10:03PM (#9025155)

That's something I really miss in other languages—the ternary operator is just not good enough for when you have a condition like this. In lisp it's 3 lines which is just the right amount when in other languages you have 6 lines (and until now unnecessary mutability) or only one.

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