Re: Replacing the "if" statement with an "if" expression which supersedes it

Le 26/06/2026 à 18:50, Paul K a écrit :
> Hi Calimero,
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM 'Calimero' via lua-l
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Le 26/06/2026 à 17:32, Andrey Dobrovolsky a écrit :
>>> (10 < 11) and ("yes") or ("no")
>> yes
>>> (10 < 11) and (false) or (0)
>> 0
>>
>> Can you fix the second example to return `false` as it should, by adding some parentheses? I experimented but failed.
> I usually just negate the condition when I run into this situation:
>
>> not(10 < 11) and (0) or (false)
> false
>
> Paul.

My brain hurts seeing this!
I would be fine if it were hurting because I made it work hard to produce code that is easily understandable, but this is not it.

These contorsions in fact illustrate very well why I want to keep the existing conditional syntax (except now it has a value): `if 10 < 11 then false else 0 end` is so much clearer.
I need my attention on the programming, not on the coding, and I think so do many of us!

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