[J3] [EXTERNAL] Syntax of conditional expressions

[Damian Rouson]

Ditto.  I would be happy to see both a keyword form and a concise form.

Damian

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:48 AM Clune, Thomas L. (GSFC-6101) via J3 <
j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:

> I almost mentioned that possibility last night, but was unaware of any
> precedent.   I would certainly not object to that approach.
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> *Date: *Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 1:25 PM
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> *Cc: *Robert Corbett <rpcorbett at att.net>
> *Subject: *[EXTERNAL] [J3] Syntax of conditional expressions
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> The choice between the verbose and concise
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> forms of conditional expressions was very
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> close. I would not object to including both
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> forms in the language.  There is a precedent.
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> Algol 68 had both verbose and concise forms
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> of conditional expressions.  The extra
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> effort needed to implement two syntactic
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> forms instead of one is small.  I would use
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> only the concise form, but I would not have
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> trouble reading codes that used either form.
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> Robert Corbett
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