Using the and && is too much about the implementation. Use it in shell programs where you're grateful for a concise alternative to if{} blocks.

Use the if{} if you are going to do several things within the block, or if you are also going to use the else clause.

If what is being done is significant, the suffix if focuses on what is being done, rather than why. If the what is minor, the reason is still notable, while far more compact.

What I mean is, if you are processing a config file, you want to skip empty lines, ignoring space characters, and ignoring comment lines.

LINE:
while ( my $line = <config> ) {
   chomp $line;
   next LINE
       unless $line =~ m{\S};
   next LINE
       if $line =~ m{\a\s*\#}xms;
   # process line
}

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As Occam said: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.

In reply to Re: A matter of style: how to perform a simple action based on a simple condition? by TomDLux
in thread A matter of style: how to perform a simple action based on a simple condition? by muba

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