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One of my coworkers is fond of using ternary expressions instead of "if" blocks. Even ones without an "else". So I see things like:
condition ? someVar = "blah" : null;or
condition ? doSomething() : nullWhich should both just use "if" statements. Or my favorite:
condition ? someVar = "foo" : someVar = "bar"which should really be
someVar = condition ? "foo" : "bar"UUUuuuuuh, I am not a programmer (you're going to say "thank god"), but...
I sometimes even chain them. You can put yet another ternary operator in the else and keep going. You know, else-if.
So anyway, I can get ternary operators spanning 2 - 3 lines.
Oh, I also often have issues thinking of proper loops, so you'd see a few terribly used
gotostatements.Although I do remove ones that are obvious brain fart.
For example, quite obvious
Well, I've already had my brain goof up even that once or twice. "How the fuck", you're asking?
The brain-fart if-else.
You need another goto end right before the end_false_if:, otherwise the false code will always run
Dear lord lmao
The last thing, that would be a "request changes" for me.
I haven't seen him do it lately in any code I've reviewed but I do change it whenever I see it if I'm doing work nearby lol