Standalone ternary operations don't work despite manual claiming otherwise

[jarrrodnb]

Description

On the gml manual page 'if / else and Conditional Operators', the example shows a ternary operation being used without being part of a variable assignment.

The specific example is the third line of code here:

That line implies that it's possible to use ternary operators for standalone 'if-else' shortcuts (as is standard for many languages).

However when copy/pasting that line in, or trying any other variation, for example:
(instance_exists(obj)) ? instance_destroy() : instance_create_depth(x, y, 0, obj);

You are just met with this feather error GM1007 Left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable., which prevents compiling the game.

Expected Change

No response

Steps To Reproduce

Copy & paste in the code from the manual: (--hp <= 0) ? instance_destroy() : score += 10; into a project.

Gamemaker will then prevent compiling.

How reliably can you recreate this issue using your steps above?

Always

Which version of GameMaker are you reporting this issue for?

2023.11.1 (Monthly)

Which operating system(s) are you seeing the problem on?

Windows 10

Are you running GameMaker from inside your Steam library?

None

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[rwkay]

ternary operators cannot be used as statements they are part of an expression.