Do you sometimes use the non-expression version of...

# codingconventions

[Florian]

Do you sometimes use the non-expression version of if/else for readability, even if it could be written as an expression?

[ghedeon]

what is non-expression version of if/else? Isn't it one version and it's always an expression?

[Florian]

I mean as a statement

[Florian]

like in Java

[Florian]

you know we could write

if (x) {
    a = 1
} else {
    a = 2
}

in which case we don't use if as an expression.
Or we're could write
a = if (x) 1 else 2

[Florian]

I'm wondering if people sometimes use the first variation just for readability

[Kroppeb]

A week ago
https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C4GKV43N2/p1575485989023400?thread_ts=1575485989.023400&cid=C4GKV43N2

[ghedeon]

It's more like a common sense thing than coding convention for me. Also, IDE has some good suggestions when it's actually makes sense to lift it up as an expression.

[Milan Hruban]

I do. I asked similar question while ago https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C4GKV43N2/p1568707798003300

[Florian]

Thank you