Re: [Freemarker-devel] [vote] Opinions about conditional built-in names?

[Denis B. <bre...@ma...>]

Hi,

>> I think you should keep it at "then". 
>> 
>> To take your example again:
>> 
>> loggedin?thenElse(username, "unknown")
>> 
>> It is confusing to read. 
> 
> To me: ?thenElse is less "fluent", OTOH I guess if someone stops and
> thinks a bit, he has better chance to realize what it means than with
> ?then. OTOH ?then is shorter, and if you have already used to it, more
> pleasant to read.

Yes ?then() has my vote.

>> Also, can the default value be optional ? This builtin could double as another way to write:
>> 
>> loggedin!username
>> ‎
>> This is clearer:
>> 
>> loggedin?then(username)
> 
> `loggedin!username` just associates a default value to `loggedin` if
> `loggedin` is missing. It doesn't care if `loggedin` is `true` or
> `false`, as those are both non-missing values. `?then` on the other
> hand deals with existing boolean values. So they don't overlap.

Oops, you’re right. Brain slip. It would be more like:

username!anonymousUser

I think it is clear what it does.

— Denis.