But I feel like there's situations where it's arguably clearer than the alternative.
Other commenters have mentioned the functional angle, and that's really it. In many (all?) the languages that have the ternary operator if is a statement (rather than an expression). Make if an expression and ternary has no place in the world:
let a = if cond { true_value } else { false_value };
Note, I say we don't need the ternary because it can be replaced with general purpose binary operators. I'm not suggesting to get rid of the functionality, that'd be crazy-talk.
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I agree with with all your points.
But I feel like there's situations where it's arguably clearer than the alternative.
Other commenters have mentioned the functional angle, and that's really it. In many (all?) the languages that have the ternary operator
ifis a statement (rather than an expression). Makeifan expression and ternary has no place in the world:Note, I say we don't need the ternary because it can be replaced with general purpose binary operators. I'm not suggesting to get rid of the functionality, that'd be crazy-talk.