[J3] Syntax of conditional expressions

[Steidel, Jon L]

I agree with Anton 100%.  Vendors get beat up for not implementing a new standard fast enough.  Let's not double the burden.

-jon

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From: J3 <j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org> On Behalf Of Shterenlikht, Anton via J3
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:56 PM
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Cc: Shterenlikht, Anton <anton.shterenlikht at hpe.com>
Subject: Re: [J3] Syntax of conditional expressions

In general I'm against having multiple syntax for the same feature.
There must be a very good reason to allow this - the standard is fat enough already.

Seems to me it's precisely the role of J3 to choose a single syntax from all suggestions put forward.

Anton

> On 29 Jun 2021, at 19:35, Damian Rouson via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
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> Ditto.  I would be happy to see both a keyword form and a concise form. 
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> Damian
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> 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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