kj <no.em...@please.post> writes:
> Anyway, I don't know of any other language that puts the test
> between the alternatives. No doubt there's one out there, with
> emphasis on "out there"...
Perl has something that has IMO somewhat the same problem:
print "Hello, world!\n" if $some_condition;
I prefer most of the time:
$some_condition and print "Hello, world!\n";
Or even:
$some_condition
and print "Hello, world!\n";
Moreover, instead of:
$x = 'some value' unless defined $x;
I prefer
defined $x
or $x = 'some value';
I read the latter as: $x must be defined, otherwise some value must be
assigned to it, like a precondition.
YMMV,
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