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kotlinlang

what do you think about
```

infix fun &lt;T : Any?&gt; T.`if`(condition: Boolean): Pair&lt;Boolean, T&gt; =
    Pair(condition, this)

infix fun &lt;T&gt; Pair&lt;Boolean, T&gt;.`else`(block: () -&gt; T) =
    if (component1()) component2()
    else block()
```

Do you want to achieve something like that?
```value.takeIf { it &gt;= 0 } ?: defaultValue```

no i thought about a slightly more readable version of `return if (condition) foo else bar` and put the `foo` in front of `if`

```
return foo `if` (condition) `else` bar
```

the really annoying part are the backticks of course :wink:

Why do you think it is more readable than  `return if (condition) foo else bar`?

I've always found this to be annoying in python, the condition is _between_ the values making it hard to compare them.