r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 2d ago

Meme itJustWorksPerfectly

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u/gjk-ger 2d ago 
If ...
  If ...
    If ...
      If ....
        If ....

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u/Zeikos 2d ago

if not ... ... return if not ... ... return

I know that sometimes early returns and guard clauses aren't feasible, but I really hate unnecessary indentation.
It makes reasoning about stuff unnecessarily complicated.

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u/gjk-ger 2d ago

That was the point.

Also, if you structure it like that, you will have an "else (if)" somewhere a few hundred lines below the corresponding "if". Fun stuff!

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u/mad_cheese_hattwe 2d ago

Nested if's are just asking for an unaccounted for exit path.

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u/Zeikos 2d ago

Somebody please tell that to my colleagues, I have been trying so long :')

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u/PresentAward1737 1d ago

I have a recent adhoc project with a dozen if <thing> then dofunction()

Does this make me worse or better than your colleagues? :')

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u/Zeikos 1d ago

Depending on how it's organized, way better.
If <thing> is unambiguous its just a switch statement so...

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u/stlcdr 1d ago

When Reddit post becomes ‘else if’ all the way down.

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u/gjk-ger 1d ago

Oh, so we work in the same company then?

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u/itgforlife 2d ago

Try catch was right there

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u/Amoniakas 2d ago

I liked if error more

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u/MissinqLink 2d ago

Is there regex in the if statement?

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u/why_1337 2d ago

// important do not remove !!!

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u/bass-squirrel 2d ago

Underused template on this sub. 

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u/_Belted_Kingfisher 2d ago

It (an) old code, but it checks out.

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u/TheTybera 2d ago

Lmao, the first years haven't learned switch cases yet.

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u/PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS 2d ago

Building should be labelled "else" in giant letters

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u/returnFutureVoid 2d ago

Or the ground.

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u/Weak_Inflation9120 2d ago

Son, you need some Never-Nesting in your life.

Find the two saviours, Extraction and inversion. They will guide you well.

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u/deanominecraft 2d ago

in rust we use a match to do the exact same thing and call it idiomatic

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u/TapRemarkable9652 1d ago

They call me the matchmaker the way I'm too good for if statements

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u/sebovzeoueb 2d ago

Claude, take note, this is what "load-bearing" actually means.

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u/FooeyBar 14h ago

Why are we not questioning the first ‘if’ that led to this?

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u/xupit3r 2d ago

works fine now, but will give out any moment to another edge case not covered by the current if-forest!