From: Jim Weirich <jweirich@...>
Date: 2002-12-02T13:29:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [FAQ] [Revised] What do some of Ruby's symbols mean?

On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 10:01, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> Thanks for the instant feedback.  And apologies for the offensive late-night
> manager humour.  If only I'd limited it to my workplace... . [...]
> 
> ?:
>    Ternary decision operator, as in C.  For example:
>      return (level == DEBUG) ? "" : detailed_info

This still seems confusing, as I would expect detailed information to be
returned in debug mode.
 
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