Do you sometimes use the non expression version of if else f kotlinlang #codingconventions

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Florian

12/12/2019, 9:51 AM

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

g

ghedeon

12/12/2019, 10:04 AM

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

f

Florian

12/12/2019, 10:06 AM

I mean as a statement

like in Java

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

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

k

Kroppeb

12/12/2019, 10:57 AM

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

g

ghedeon

12/12/2019, 10:57 AM

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.

m

Milan Hruban

12/12/2019, 11:36 AM

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

f

Florian

12/12/2019, 11:46 AM

Thank you

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