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I wrote my first computer program when I was 8 years old, and I haven't bothered to stop since! I graduated from the University Of Cambridge, England, in June 2006 having read Computer Science at Emmanuel College. Currently I'm doing consultancy work, a lot of it for this very site. I'm into a whole range of music, including metal, trance, old skool, and industrial. I'm a Christian and have previously been involved in youth and children's work with what was then my local church.

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Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 9:19 AM

I hate "== true"


If you've asked someone to look for something you left at their house, would you say, "give me a call if it's true that you found it"? No, you'd say "give me a call if you found it". So why do so many people write things like:
if (found == true)
Instead of the shorter, clearer, equivalent:
if (found)
Yes, I know, I shouldn't let refactoring get me so cranky.
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2 comments on "I hate "== true""
Posted by Actor on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 12:40 AM
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I agree in principle...
I agree in principle but if(found==true) is relatively minor compared to other examples of poor style that a new, or even experienced, programmer can use. It still rather clearly conveys what is meant and probably generates the same machine code.
Posted by Jonathan on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 1:53 AM
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Indeed
For sure it's minor compared to other many other things that are done. I was just being irritable.

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