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PEP 308: Pep Update

Tim Rowe tim at remove_if_not_spam.digitig.co.uk
Thu Feb 27 21:13:13 EST 2003 
Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de) wrote:
> Tim Rowe wrote:
> 
>> has anybody already pointed out that practically every C/C++ coding 
>> standard (certainly /all/ I've ever seen) deprecates the use of the ?: 
>> ternary operator, because it's infamous for producing unmaintainable 
>> code?
> 
> 
> But is that because of the idea of a conditional
> expression in general, or just the particular
> syntax used in C?
> 

I don't know.  It's a symptom -- the use of C's ternary operator tends
to cause problems -- but I don't know the cause.

After reading all the postings, I still don't see why a ternary operator 
would be of value.  Most languages I use don't have one, and in the one 
that does I don't use it, and it's never affected my ability to 
effectively express what I've wanted to express.
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