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[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 106 points 8 months ago

Please God let this be a humorous post that somehow does not also find a way to manage to come true...

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I would have bought it if they said ifnot instead, it's the same number of characters and wouldn't require a major parser overhaul to support keywords with a ' in the name.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 45 points 8 months ago

i mean, “unless” tends to be the usual term for an “if not” keyword in languages that implement such a thing

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 20 points 8 months ago

Which is awful and incredibly confusing. I hate ruby

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

totally agree; just saying that if it’s GOT to be something, that something should probably be unless… unless . . .

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

I find that you need to choose carefully when to use it. Simple cases tend to be alright. Larger, more complex conditions shouldn't touch it.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 15 points 8 months ago

Yeah, to be clear, I don't like it, I don't like it one bit:-P.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

If not anybody have time for that.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

*ifn't*

Oh dear Lord what have I done!? :-P

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