null-coalescing

null coalescing operator for javascript?

Is there a null coalescing operator in Javascript? For example, in C#, I can do this: String someString = null; var whatIWant = someString ?? "Cookies!"; The best approximation I can figure out for Javascript is using the conditional operator: var someString = null; var whatIWant = someString ? someString : 'Cookies!'; Which is so...

What do you think about ??= operator in C#?

Do you think that C# will support something like ??= operator? Instead of this: if (list == null) list = new List<int>(); It might be possible to write: list ??= new List<int>(); Now, I could use (but it seems to me not well readable): list = list ?? new List<int>(); ...