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x/website: Misleading statement in FAQ #33809

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elliottpolk opened this issue Aug 23, 2019 · 2 comments
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x/website: Misleading statement in FAQ #33809

elliottpolk opened this issue Aug 23, 2019 · 2 comments

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@elliottpolk
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The FAQ currently states

A language needs only one conditional control flow construct.

Go currently has multiple conditional flows, if-else, switch-case, and (?) select-case. This can be potentially problematic for the argument against a ternary operator.

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ALTree commented Aug 24, 2019

The switch statement has the type-switching support which is not easily replicable by other means and the select has the whole blocking stuff, they both serve their purpose. Ternary, on the other hand, is literally the same thing as an if-else but with another syntax. That's the point the FAQ is trying to make.

Closing here, since I think the current wording is fine.

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The point it's trying to make is valid. The mechanism in which it's making said point isn't. Stating it only needs one of something when it clearly has at least 3 invalidates the argument.

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