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I agree you should use a switch where applicable, but ternaries are the expression equivalent of if-else statements. If I have two conditions and a default, and each branch simply evaluates to a value of the same type, I’ll probably just use a ternary.

Yes, you need to read code to understand it. If else statements can also do the job of a switch, so the exact same argument applies.

PHP is the only language in existence with a left associative ternary operator. Ignoring PHP, the operator has worked exactly the same way for decades. And even PHP has now fixed the operator.

I don’t think it’s reasonable to avoid a very commonly supported pattern just because a single badly designed language implemented it wrong.

How is it unsafe?

In the given example I’d probably use a switch / match expression, but ternaries are usually more flexible than switches and I don’t think it’s an issue to write a nested ternary instead of if else statements.

Ternary expressions aren’t switches though

Why?

It’s perfectly readable.

We still have more jokes than anarchy chess, though