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Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by efaref on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:30AM (#18776003)
It's not used very often here, either. Despite their claims at the top of the code of every `if` having a corresponding `else`, there are 140 `if`s, but only 20 `else`s and a mere 5 `else if`s.
Re:Please do not attempt to simplify this code by AstralStorm on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:19AM (#18776811)
Most of the ifs are for early termination. Using an else on one of these is wasteful.