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Null conditional operators for coalescing, assignment and member access
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Expand Up @@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ The `??` operator checks the left hand side to be null or undefined and returns

If the module `Pester` is not installed, then install the module.

### Updates to operator precedence

The operator precedence token flags will be updated to add gaps and place the null coalesce opeator at position 7, above comparison and below add/subtract.
Currently, the binary operator mask is set at `0x07`, which will be updated to `0x0f`.
This will ensure that `??` is evaluated before operators like `-eq`, `-and`, `-bor` etc, but after `+` and `-`.

This enables scenarios like:
```PowerShell
'x' -eq $null ?? 'x' evaluates to 'x' -eq ($null ?? 'x')

2 + $null ?? 3 evaluates to 2 + ($null ?? 3)
```

### Additional considerations

The `??=` and `??` operators are binary operators and check for the value of the left hand side to be null or an undefined variable.
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