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rimjob_rainer, (edited ) to programmer_humor in ifn't

Why not just ifnot? Same count of characters but an o instead of a possibly problematic single quote.

KmlSlmk64,
@KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world avatar

If someone really wanted to add it, probably the best would be to use unless

JoshuaEN,

I really liked having unless in Ruby; a ! can be easy to miss, while unless made it clear without needing to write out != true.

HexAndSquare,

It’s also cool when you do unless(!condition). I particularly like this.

Ookami38,

I think it’s just capitalizing on a trend to add n’t to otherwise noy contractions, to make them into contractions. Contractionn’ts, if you will

muntedcrocodile, (edited ) to programmer_humor in ifn't
@muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world avatar

With ahit like that its not microsoft java its now microsoft javascript

ohlaph,

That’s Typescript…

dylanTheDeveloper, to newcommunities in Notepad++ - A community for the notepad++ text editor!
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

What’s up fellow ini and XML config writers lol

lordmauve, to programmer_humor in ifn't

Python already has this.

0x0, to programmer_humor in ifn't

I propose a new, more threatening kind of control flow.


<span style="color:#323232;">do {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">} or else {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* you don't want to find out */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>
Strawberry,

this is just a menacing try/catch!

gex,

Some C++ style guides suggest the following naming convention for functions that crash on any error


<span style="color:#323232;">OpenFileOrDie()
</span>
yum13241,

Now what about GZDoom’s GoAwayAndDie();?

xmunk,

PHP has the always wonderful (and perfectly functional) syntax of

logUserIn() or die();

msage,

Or Perl

evatronic,

Where do you think PHP stole it from?

msage,

Bash?

frezik, (edited )

Perl also has unless() for the very purpose in OP, which is a more sensible choice.

Oh, and if you need to reinforce your belief that Perl is a mess, the single-quote character can be used as a package separator instead of “::”. This was set in the 90s when nobody was quite sure of the right syntax for package separators, so it borrowed “::” from C++ and the single quote from Ada (I think).

That means the ifn’t() in OP can be interpreted as calling the t() function on the ifn package.

The “::” separator is vastly preferred, though. Single quotes run havoc on syntax highlighting text editors (since they can also be used for strings). About the only time I’ve seen it used is a joke module, Acme::don’t.

Kissaki,

Personally, I like to call catched exception variables up, so for a rethrow I can throw up;.

Vorthas,
@Vorthas@programming.dev avatar

One of the modules in a project I’m working on is called VulkanOrDie which always makes me crack up when I see it in the compilation messages.

OpenStars,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

It’s funnier when you try to SysCallAndDie() :-P

(that’s a real thing in perl btw - I guess that function didn’t get the memo)

OpenStars,
@OpenStars@startrek.website avatar

You just made me a offer I can’t refuse. I go now to sleep with the fishes…

Mesa,
@Mesa@programming.dev avatar

The better try-catch. More intuitive if you ask me.

moody,

It_would_be_a_shame_if(condition)

rothaine, 

<span style="color:#323232;">do {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">} do hast {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>
0x0, 

<span style="color:#323232;">do {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">} do hast {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">} do hast mich {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  /* something */
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>
jadelord,

It exists, kind of. Python has this construct


<span style="color:#323232;">for item in iterable:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    ...
</span><span style="color:#323232;">else:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">     ...
</span>

which always puzzles me, since it depends on a break statement execution. I always have to look it up when the else block is executed.

luciole, to programmer_humor in ifn't
@luciole@beehaw.org avatar

I shan’t!

taanegl, to programmer_humor in ifn't

I’m just hoping this paves the way to code with Southern dialect


<span style="color:#323232;">iffun is == true
</span><span style="color:#323232;">iffun ain't == false
</span>
timetravel,

May I introduce you to the joys of and creating your own horrible sub language

frezik, (edited )

That reminds me of an old paper about how to create a compilable C program out of old game ROMs. Decompile to assembly. Implement a bunch of #define statements that implement all the ASM statements. Now compile it to a native binary on whatever platform.

Won’t likely be faster or more accurate than regular emulation methods, but it’s a neat idea considering that the source code on all this stuff was lost a long time ago.

luciole, to programmer_humor in The Perfect Solution
@luciole@beehaw.org avatar

I can’t even

bappity, (edited ) to programmer_humor in ifn't
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

cap () {

}
nocap () {

}

runner_g, (edited )

nocap(frfr){

}

xia, to programmer_humor in ifn't

“Help’s with readability”? You know what else helps? Not using contractions and introducing an unbalanced single quote.

bdonvr,

If they’d’nt’ve done that, it’d’ve been better. Agreed.

fsr1967,

TIHI

Cwilliams,

they’d’nt’ve

Aside: rip Tom Scott

survivalmachine,

This feels racist against Appalachia. We naturally speak with contractions and are commonly referred to as “unbalanced”.

frezik,

Runs havoc on parsing, too. It’s bad for both humans and robots. I say we ship it.

EmperorHenry, to programmer_humor in The Perfect Solution
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I don’t get this one.

Also, don’t use AI to write code. It’s a trap! It’s just going to steal your idea for the people who own the AI.

lung, to programmer_humor in ifn't
@lung@lemmy.world avatar

ifn’t(!valid) halp?

Deconceptualist,

I believe that resolves the same as

ain’t!(!untrue)

RagingHungryPanda,

ain’t (nothin)

max, to programmer_humor in ifn't

;-;

MagicShel, to programmer_humor in ifn't

Reduce exclamation marks!? Great Scott!!! Is there a shortage of punctuation in the future!?

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

All known deposits were depleted

KairuByte,
@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You could have saved two, all you had to do was use the interrobang. You’re a monster.

fsr1967,

Kernighan, what was I thinking?

jaybone,

1.21GB!!!

xmunk, to programmer_humor in ifn't

Still not as good as whence

fartsparkles,

Is this a reference to something because I’d love to read it if you have a time to share.

xx3rawr,

Woah. I did a quick google and it’s not just a meme, but actually used in some major lang’s libraries.

jjjalljs,

This is one of those “modern Google/search sucks” moments because I couldn’t immediately find examples of it in a programming language.

xx3rawr,

I actually used DDG and most I’ve seen, they’re just used as arguments for functions notably in C and Python

LeFrog, (edited )
@LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

It is used in ksh korn shell to see what executable responds to a command:

superuser.com/a/351995

Edit: Oh, what a rabbit hole: Why not use “which”? What to use then?

SubArcticTundra, (edited )
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Legislation (which feels similar to programming languages sometimes) seems to have some keywords of its own. I remember seeing a lot of Whereas … and Having regard to ….

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