Terminology is not easy if it involves history and parallels to other (normative) languages.

see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_operator

The Conditional operator is supported in many programming languages. This term usually refers to ?: as in C, C++, C#, Python, and JavaScript.

However, in Java, this term can also refer to && and ||

When Perl was born, C-programmers where one of the main target groups.

But as you see "Java" is doing it like you suggested.

And in Perl it's not only that

but also

As I said, both are implemented with the same OP-Code.

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At the same time we want documentation to stay concise, otherwise it's considered "too complicated"

I think adding an extra section "Control flow in conditional operators" with these deeper informations and linking to it from ?: and && or || might solve the issue.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^4: Situation where warning "Found = in conditional, should be" seems obsolete (documentation - C terminology) by LanX
in thread Situation where warning "Found = in conditional, should be" seems obsolete by rsFalse

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