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This post is currently at the top of the "hot" list. The thing is, the question is pretty naïve, and yet is useful to a lot of people.
Some commenters have started to have a "not-so-nice" feeling. Is it correct to call for moderator attention in those situations?
You just did. (Kidding).
I'm looking into it now, will have a more detailed answer shortly. But, yes. You should.
You can do that through flagging. Click 'Flag' -> 'other', and then a reason why you're flagging the question.
You can also flag comments individually.
Comments on questions should really fall into one of two categories:
Comments left that don't fall into one of those two categories risk being purged at any time.
Try not to get into flame wars in comments. Much like arguing on the internet, no one learns anything, and everyone comes out angrier than they went in.
In these situations, the proper action to take would be to flag the offensive comments, marked as "other" and describe why you need these to be removed.
SO is supposed to have a more professional demeanor (for the most part) than other Q&A sites, and has a lower tolerance than most for less-than-professional criticism. Whenever you come across these type of comments, just drop a flag and carry on.
foo = bar? true : false;is a common anti-pattern. For this reason, I think that the question is somewhat useful.foo = bar? You sure you don't meanfoo == bar?foo = ((bar == 1) ? true: false)