On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:12 PM,  <brabuhr / gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Robert Dober <robert.dober / gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter
>> <charles.nutter / sun.com> wrote:
>>
>>> DO NOT use unless...else. It's the most confusing conditional construct
>>> ever. Use if and flop the bodies, or just use if !condition.
>>
>> I have never heard you shout before, *unless* I am mistaken ;).
>> I always felt that unless is just the human readable way of saying if
>> not, but accountants do not have any taste (or something like that ;).
>
> I don't think the confusion issue was simply unless, but rather
> pairing unless with else.
Hmm that indeed is a little more misleading, sorry for not getting
this but the ellipsis put me astray;).