🔒 Which is faster (or preferred on work groups)?

[sour goblet]

This code:

def function(): if something: code else: code

Or this one:

def function(): if something: code return code

[prime imp]

@sour goblet

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[rotund merlin]

The second if good if you have a lot of nested ifs

[unkempt arch]

I'd expect them to be so similar it doesn't matter. Do what is most readable.

[rotund merlin]

If you have only a few ifs, the first one is more readable

They are probably as fast

(You could try to measure it tho)

[scenic geyser]

Fundamentally, it depends on the nature of something, and the amount of the second code

[sour goblet]

Isn’t something always a bool value?

And why the amount of the second code is relevant?

[humble wave]

the first form can simplify the following code and reduce nesting. It's appropriate for filtering out exceptional conditions or special cases. You can deal with them and then return early, and then the rest of your code knows that the input data is in a good state and it can focus on that happy path.

[scenic geyser]

Just knowing something evaluates to (or can be interpreted as!) a boolean, doesn't explain its purpose.

[prime imp]

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