Pierre BourdonNothing says cleanup like nested ternaries. Average Nix code quality.
Marisa the Magician 
@delroth this is the nastiest usage of nested ternaries I've ever seen
The Worm@delroth @marisadoom not only that but now you have to memorize C++'s operator precendence to know what 
+ "/builds" is being applied to 
Shine
C.B.Leslie@delroth Confession. I love this shit. I think it's so much easier to read. Most people don't like this because they aren't used to the pattern.
Steven Reed
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
irelephantIn javascript I turn everything into a self-executing anonymous function to avoid doing this.
gudenau
syn
em♡
delta 
@delroth that ...is not a cleanup
this is what happens when people try to be clever and conflate "clean" to mean "compact" as opposed to "clear"
this is what happens when people try to be clever and conflate "clean" to mean "compact" as opposed to "clear"
@delroth (random musing on my thoughts on code cleanness)
for me 'clean code' means that code being clear in what it does, or in other words code that you're able to understand what its doing at a glance without having to stop and mentally decode it
nested ternaries like this aren't clear, as they wrote it, it doesn't clearly separate at a glance 'condition' from 'return value', and it lacks clarity in what goes with what
the if (condition) return value pattern isn't the prettiest but its clear, you can clearly distinguish each condition and its response
even as someone who've written similar compact code abominations, if i was writing code not just for myself, i'd go with plain old if statements because i'd want it to prioritize clarity over compactness or cleverness, the ternary pile is something i'd write for the funny in something i don't expect anyone else to read (and then hate myself when i have to figure it out again 3 months later)
for me 'clean code' means that code being clear in what it does, or in other words code that you're able to understand what its doing at a glance without having to stop and mentally decode it
nested ternaries like this aren't clear, as they wrote it, it doesn't clearly separate at a glance 'condition' from 'return value', and it lacks clarity in what goes with what
the if (condition) return value pattern isn't the prettiest but its clear, you can clearly distinguish each condition and its response
even as someone who've written similar compact code abominations, if i was writing code not just for myself, i'd go with plain old if statements because i'd want it to prioritize clarity over compactness or cleverness, the ternary pile is something i'd write for the funny in something i don't expect anyone else to read (and then hate myself when i have to figure it out again 3 months later)
Erin 💽✨