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Why make it complicated? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

What about

Let ret: Number
If (someCondition) {
    <a lot of expensive calculations>
    ret = resultOfOperations
} else {
    <a lot of other different expensive operations>
    ret = resultOfOtherOperations
}
return ret

You can't declare ret inside the brackets

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Rust would allow you to

    let ret = if some_condition {
    <a lot of expensive calculations>
    result_of_operations
} else {
    <a lot of other different expensive calculations>
    result_of_other_operations
};

    Now you don't have to declare it inside the blocks.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's.. Disgusting

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    What's disgusting about it? The only thing I can think of is the implicit return, which felt a bit icky at first.

    Also, as the if expression is an expression, you can call methods on it like so:

    if 1 > 2 {
    3
} else {
    4
}.min(5)

    (the above is still an expression, so it could be used, for example, as part of a condition for another if)

    Of course, you can write horrible code in any language, but the ability to use blocks where expressions are expected can be great sometimes.

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