Why is it not possible to overload the ternary operator?

Question

Why is it not possible to overload the ternary operator \' ?: \'?

I use the ternary operator often to consolidate if statements, and am curious why the language desi

Answer 1

For the same reason why you really should not (although you can) overload && or || operators - doing so would disable short-circuiting on those operators (evaluating only the necessary part and not everything), which can lead to severe complications.