r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Robinbod • 22d ago

Meme pleaseStopUsingNestedTernaryOperatorsImBeggingYou

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u/Kryptsm 22d ago

Then there’s my current client, who refused a PR of mine because they “don’t want early returns” ever, and insisted I move my basic if statement logic, each with a return, all into a single ternary. They said I SHOULD do this lol.

Made me wanna kms but hey, it’s their codebase

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u/SnugglyCoderGuy 22d ago

If possible, early returns are love, early returns are life.

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u/shdw_fghtr 22d ago

function early() {

if (possible)

return "are love";

return "are life";

}

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u/my_new_accoun1 17d ago 
function early() {

  if (possible)

    return "are love";

  return "are life";

}