Unless would drive me insane. I do use IF NOT but when reading code my brain und... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		stormdennis on Dec 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Read this post ‘unless’ you’re not a Ruby develope... Unless would drive me insane. I do use IF NOT but when reading code my brain understands this format most clearly: IF some-expression ELSE Do-something

shortcake27 on Dec 13, 2022 [–]

`unless` is generally used for guard clauses (eg `return unless authorized?`) or when there’s only one branch. You don’t tend to see `unless` used with multiple branches.

Alifatisk on Dec 13, 2022 | [–]

This, I’ve mostly used unless with guard clauses

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact