# Short circuit evaluations documentation when using assignment statement

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**Created:** [September 27, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/short-circuit-evaluations-documentation-when-using-assignment-statement/47358 "2020-09-27T10:53:10Z")\
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> [@rjmoses](#):
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> suggest dropping the “||” short circuit and using something such as the keyword “then” in place of the “&&”

That’s unlikely to happen, see

> [@PSA: Julia is not at that stage of development anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872):
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> You heard about this brand new exciting programming language called Julia and have some suggestions for how it should work. Wonderful! We’re happy to have you here and help you learn the language and listen to your ideas! However, please be aware that “new” is a relative term. Yes, Julia is newer than, say, C, which was first created in 1972 and standardized in 1989. It is not, however, new in the sense that it is still being freely designed and changed in arbitrary ways. Julia development start…

The error message could be improved though.

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