If statement within if statement

[copper pulsar]

Is using this for readablity bad for optimization?

[gray cedar]

depends how you use it but in most cases no

[unique bronze]

...it depends on how much, really

[gray cedar]

if you gonna stack 10 if's in each other its probably bad

[daring crest]

When it comes to performance, I think you need to benchmark. Always.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmufbVF2A4

[unique bronze]

benchmark a singular if inside another one? damn, you must be slow.

[daring crest]

I mean, in general.

I just think asking questions about performance is a bad idea in general, because there are no good answers other than, "Benchmark it."

[plush oracle]

Even if it wasn't bad for performance its still not optimal

Why would you intentionally make your code look like shit

Time consuming aswell

[daring crest]

You can put an if-statement on multiple lines if you want to as well. 😅

if (extremelyLongBooleanExpression
    && anotherExtremelyLongBooleanExpression)

[oblique marsh]

just a couple of if statements are still really fast, if you check simple bool states,
what determines if it's slow or not is what you actually evaluate inside the if checks and other code, like what methods you call for the if check and their execution time

[left cave]

cool thing I really like to do is

void SomeFunction()
{
  if(!Something)
    return;
  if(!SomethingElse)
    return;
  
  DoStuff();
}

inverse the statement and return early

doesn't always work, but when it does, it usually improves readability

[vast cradle]

This is called a guard clause btw

[left cave]

good to know, thanks