I use one of the following three: 

sub sga {
    if (COND) {
        1;
    } else {
        2;
    }
}
sub sgb {
    COND and 
        return 1;
    2;
}
sub sgc {
    COND ?
        1 :
        2;
}

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Typically I use the sga version when both 1 and 2 are complicated comands, sgb when 1 is a simple and short expression and 2 is much more complicated. This is not an absolute rule: I sometimes use sgb even with 1 being a complicated command, like 

sub sgb_prime {
    COND and do {
        somecommand();
        somemorecommand();
        return 1;
    };
    evenmorecommand();
    verylongsequenceofcommands();
    andsomemore();
    2;
}

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I use sgc only in the simplest cases, when both 1 and 2 are single lines.

In reply to Re: if else and not reachable coding style by ambrus
in thread if else and not reachable coding style by szabgab

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