Re: !foo vs foo == nil
Re: !foo vs foo == nil
- Subject: Re: !foo vs foo == nil
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:04:03 -0700
On Aug 20, 2008, at 4:56 PM, John C. Randolph wrote:
Personally, I prefer "if (!foo)" over "if (foo == nil)", because the
latter has the hazard of a typo that compiles. You can lose a fair
bit of time staring at "if (foo = nil)" before you spot the mistake.
There is a GCC warning to help you with that, but in addition, you can
learn to type:
if (nil == foo)
Problem solved! :-)
I personally much prefer to have if-statements that clearly evaluate
to a boolean value. More intention revealing, and to me that's more
important than being terse.
j o a r
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