Robert Cummings wrote:
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:27 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote:
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Robert Cummings wrote:
I will never do it... it looks ugly,
Only if you're not used to it. IMO this is how it should be taught in all
the books and guides etc. If that was the case, the other way round would be
ugly :)
especially when performing multiple
if comparisons on the variable.
Perhaps, but it's still not as ugly as a hideous error gone undetected which
accidentally deletes all your customers' data.
---snip---
I don't know about "ugly," but I agree it "feels" wrong. I feel like
I'm using Yoda-speak when reading code like that:
If 'yes' is you_can_read_this, 'Stop standing on me' I say.
or
If 0 is my_pulse then 'dead you are' should say you.
*lol* Exactly... just doesn't sit right.
It's a good way to make sure you're not screwing up, but testing should
take care of that too.
Cheers,
Rob.
But whoever said the flow of the English language was all that
efficient? I actually prefer 'Yoda Speak'. Takes less to say more.
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