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{ `or else' is built in. A user-defined operator cannot consist of two words. } operator or else (operand1, operand2: Boolean) = Result: Boolean; |
`or else' is an alias for the short-circuit logical operator `or_else'.
While `or_else' is defined in ISO-10206 Extended Pascal, `or else' is a GNU Extension.
program OrElseDemo; var a: Integer; begin ReadLn (a); if (a = 0) or else (100 div a > 42) then { This is safe. } WriteLn ('100 div a > 42') end. |
section 9.183 or_else, section 9.180 or, section 9.8 and then.