> The idea of a flat ban on #ifTrue:ifFalse: is ridiculous. > Number>>abs > ^self negative ifTrue: [self negated] ifFalse: [self] > > Is there any better way to do this? Not really, you can > only move the #ifTrue:ifFalse: somewhere else.
But still it’s always a good thought experiment to think about how to do it without the if, as many more interesting objects and approaches can come out of it. From above - it might be interesting if positive numbers were different from negative ones ... I’m not saying you would do it (there are often trade offs) but it’s too easy to stick in an if and miss out on a richer domain. Tim
