Template Ternary Operator

[scottix]

Hey guys new django user here, I really like what you guys are doing.
The feature request I am presenting is small but I think would be a good addition.
I think there needs to a Ternary operator in your template system.

I know you can do

{% if <var1> %}<var1>{% else %}<var2>{% endif %}

Seems a little overkill for just needing to display one variable over the other. My suggestion is create a ternary operator.

{% <var1> ? <var1> : <var2> %}

It could be cut down even more by this.

{% <var1> ? <var2> %}

I think this is a great way to reduce code markup and make it more readable.
Thank you for your time.
Scottix

[Russell Keith-Magee]

Oh, for the love of all that is holy, no. The ?: ternary operator is one of the worst things that C visited on the world. Even if Django's template language *was* a programming language, I'd be -1 to any attempt to introduce this. And it isn't, which gives us another reason.

And, for the record, the second form is really just the {{|default}} filter.