Think back to the last time you looked at an unfamiliar block of code. Did you immediately understand what it was doing? If not, you’re not alone – many software developers, including myself, find it challenging to grasp unfamiliar code quickly…
  • @[email protected]
    7•6 months ago

    Don’t mind the || but I do agree if you’re validating an input you’d best find all issues at once instead of “first rule wins”.

    • @[email protected]
      3•6 months ago

      Short circuiting conditions is important. Mainly for things such as:

      if(Object != Null && Object.HasThing) …

      Without short circuit evaluation you end up with a null pointer exception.