On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> What is a Yoda condition? >> >> --- >> Using if (constant == variable) instead of if (variable == constant), >> like if (4 == foo). >> >> Because it's like saying "if blue is the sky" or "if tall is the man". > > That is an invalid analogy, as the sentences do not make sense. > > A much better explanation I heard on this list is that people do not > say "If 1 is smaller than the number of your wives, you have a big > problem". > > I actually was not asking why people find the convention to visually > align comparison with number lines unusual. We discussed this style > long time ago on this list. I haven't heard the "Yoda condtion" > expression and was asking about the "Yoda" part. It's popular culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html