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		mormegil on Dec 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kotlin vs. Java "? true :" is equivalent to just "\|\|".

thomasahle on Dec 17, 2019 [–]

And "X && Y || Z" is usually equivalent to "X ? Y : Z".

So "nullableVariable != null ? nullableVariable.someMethodCall() : fallbackIfNullMethodCall();".

twiceaday on Dec 17, 2019 | [–]

If X is true and Y is false this returns Y instead of Z which is wrong.

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