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[jira] [Closed] (GROOVY-4874) Elvis assignment operator

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-4874?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Daniel Sun closed GROOVY-4874.
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       Resolution: Duplicate
    Fix Version/s: 3.0

> Elvis assignment operator
> -------------------------
>
>                 Key: GROOVY-4874
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-4874
>             Project: Groovy
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: syntax
>            Reporter: Uri Moszkowicz
>            Assignee: Daniel Sun
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.0
>
>
> It would be nice to have an operator similar to the Elvis operator but for assignments.
> {code}
> a ?= b
> {code}
> as a shorthand for
> {code}
> a = b ?: a
> {code}
> I'm not a Ruby expert but from the Groovy mailing list it sounds like Ruby has an operator like this.



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