Re: else ladders practice

On 03/11/2024 01:21, fir wrote:

Bart wrote:

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It's a mess. By contrast, my if statements look like this:
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    if then elsif then ... [else] fi
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'elsif' is a part of the syntax. The whole thing can return a value.
There is a compact form (not for elsif, that would be too much) as shown
above.

  as to if when thinking of it the if construct has such parts
 if X then S else E
 and the keyword if is not necessary imo as the expression x return logical value them then can be used on this without if
 X then {}
X else {}
 i would prefer to denote (at least temporerely) then as ->
and else as ~> then you can build construct like
  a -> b -> c -> d ~> e ~> f
 when the arrows take logical value of the left
(if a true then b, if be true then c if c true then d,if
d false then e and if e false then f)
 but some need also to use else to some previous espression and
i think how it could be done but maybe just parenthesis can be used
 a (->b->c) ~>z
 if a true then b and if b true then c but if a false then z

C already has this (I've added parentheses for clarity):
   (a ? (b ? c : -) : z)
This shows you haven't provided a branch for b being false.
Also it's not clear if you intended for b to be evaluated twice; I've assumed only once as it is nonsense otherwise.