Are multiple conditional operators in this situation a good idea?

Question

I just saw this block of code on the Wikipedia article on conditional operators:

Vehicle new_vehicle = arg == \'B\' ? bus      :
                      arg ==         


        

Answer 1

Just for comparison, in C++0x you can have an expression without using the conditional operator or an out-of-line function:

Vehicle new_vehicle = [&]() -> Vehicle {
    if (arg == 'B') return bus;
    if (arg == 'A') return airplane;
    if (arg == 'T') return train;
    if (arg == 'C') return car;
    if (arg == 'H') return horse;
    return feet;
}();

Not really any better, though.