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		askmrsinh 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Carmack on mutable variables Why not do: const y = x ? true : false;

stevage 54 days ago | [–]

I'm talking about cases with additional logic that's too long for a ternary.

1718627440 54 days ago | [–]

That sounds like a more complicated way to write

    const y = (bool)x;

or

    const bool y = x;

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