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Conditional Expression With Boolean Literal Rewrites
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// If you use a conditional expression, `e1 ? e2 : e3`, | |
// where one of the expressions is a boolean literal (`true` or `false), | |
// then you can (and *should*) always rewrite it to a shorter expression | |
// using only `||` or `&&`, and possibly an `!`. | |
void testConditionals(bool e1, bool e2) { | |
// Conditional Rewrite | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : false , e1 && e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : true , !e1 || e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? false : e2 , !e1 && e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? true : e2 , e1 || e2 ); | |
expect( true ? e1 : e2 , e1 ); // Well, duh. | |
expect( false ? e1 : e2 , e2 ); // ... | |
// Similarly, if the same value occurs twice in the conditional expression, | |
// possibly negated, the expression can also be simplified: | |
expect( e1 ? e1 : e2 , e1 || e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : e1 , e1 && e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? !e1 : e2 , !e1 && e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : !e1 , !e1 || e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : e2 , e2 ); // Unless e1 can throw, then: (e1 && false) || e2 | |
expect( e1 ? !e2 : e2 , e1 ^ e2 ); | |
expect( e1 ? e2 : !e2 , e1 ^ !e2 ); // or (!e1 ^ e2), !(e1 ^ e2) | |
} | |
// And run to check that it's true! | |
void main() { | |
testConditionals(true, true); | |
testConditionals(true, false); | |
testConditionals(false, true); | |
testConditionals(false, false); | |
print("Success!"); | |
} | |
void expect(bool b1, bool b2) { | |
if (b1 != b2) throw "Bad!"; | |
} |
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