Re: Short circuit boolean evaluation

[Wes Groleau <groleau@freeshell.org>]

svaa wrote:
> I wouldn't call it a few  keystrokes, I use it in every condition. 

I'm sorry to hear that.  The short circuit form
sends a message to the compiler AND the reader
that in order to avoid an exception, the evaluation
must be short-circuited.

Using it where it isn't needed is misleading maintenance
programmers.  If your timing is so tight that you MUST
save one or two clock cycles that way, then you are still
in trouble after doing so.  At least, if you are doing it
for efficiency, say so in a comment.

Does the REQUIREMENTS spec have such low-level
implementation details as "test this one first
and then that one only if ..." ?  If no, then
why insist it be in the code?

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Wes Groleau
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