Re: Re: Inspiration for a Tombstone.

On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:27 -0400, Andrew Ballard wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Colin Guthrie <gmane@colin.guthr.ie> wrote: > > Robert Cummings wrote: > >> > >> I will never do it... it looks ugly, > > > > Only if you're not used to it. IMO this is how it should be taught in all > > the books and guides etc. If that was the case, the other way round would be > > ugly :) > > > >> especially when performing multiple > >> if comparisons on the variable. > > > > Perhaps, but it's still not as ugly as a hideous error gone undetected which > > accidentally deletes all your customers' data. > ---snip--- > > > I don't know about "ugly," but I agree it "feels" wrong. I feel like > I'm using Yoda-speak when reading code like that: > > If 'yes' is you_can_read_this, 'Stop standing on me' I say. > > or > > If 0 is my_pulse then 'dead you are' should say you. *lol* Exactly... just doesn't sit right. It's a good way to make sure you're not screwing up, but testing should take care of that too. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP