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A Tip (Score:2)

by davorg (18) <dave@dave.org.uk> on 2008.05.14 0:09 (#62845) Homepage Journal

If you're comparing a constant to a variable, then put the constant first in the expression.

if (10 == $x)

If you forget the extra '=' then most C-style languages will throw a compile-time error.

Can't count the amount of time that's saved me over the last twenty years.

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