On Aug 3, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Andy Lee wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Graham Cox wrote:
>> I think the point they wanted to get across was that they didn't want to see 
>> code like this:
>> 
>> if( someFunction() && someOtherFunction()){ ... }
>> 
>> instead of:
>> 
>> if( someFunction())
>> {
>>   if( someOtherFunction())
>>   {
>>       ....
>>   }
>> }
> 
> 
> This I agree with. I "know"[1] about the short-circuiting behavior of && and 
> still I'd prefer the conditional flow be super-clear rather than have to 
> think about operator rules even a tiny bit. But now we're back where we 
> started.

I find short-circuit evaluation easier to read and much more concise, and, of 
course, it's always nice to avoid unnecessary levels of nesting.

Preston_______________________________________________

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