Message from JavaScript discussions
September 2018
— You have to consider that the operator is taking the values as inputs, doing extra operations even after the desired side effect (assignment) happens
It's just a nit pick I have, I am too aware of all the details from the spec so I am always trying to avoid inefficiency, but aside from that I feel it makes code less readable too
— He reuses them in big functions m8.... as in for different types depending on where in the function you are
— Agreed
— But I chose the second solution
— Instead of using if....
— Always use the result
— Expressions always have a result, right? wat are you talking about is a matter of taste then
— What about
if a = object.thing
a.lenght = 0
— That doesn't look like an expression to me
— Yes, always. Not sure what you mean by that last part
— Thing may not exist or be falsy