Swift ternary operator request space between ? character and the condition

Originator:jotel
Number:rdar://17646656 Date Originated:11-Jul-2014 10:55 PM
Status:Closed/Behaves correctly Resolved:15-Jul-2014 05:06 PM
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Version 6.0 (6A254o)
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
The following expression is reported as error in Xcode Swift compilator

let test = true?"true":"false"

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create any Swift file in Xcode project
2. Add the following line

let a = true?"true":"false"

3. Compile

Expected Results:
Compilation success

Actual Results:
Compilation erros:

test.swift:1:23: Consecutive statements on a line must be separated by ';'
test.swift:1:17: Expressions are not allowed at the top level
test.swift:1:23: Expected expression
test.swift:1:12: Operand of postfix '?' should have optional type; type is 'Bool'

Version:
Version 6.0 (6A254o)

Notes:
Workaround add space before ? character i.e.

let test = true ?"true":"false"

Configuration:


Attachments:
'test.swift' was successfully uploaded.

Comments

Response from Apple Developer Relations

Engineering has determined that this issue behaves as intended based on the following:

Swift's operator-parsing rules intentionally require this spacing.

By jotel at July 15, 2014, 11:39 p.m. (reply...)

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