You are totally right. As an example, long if/else chains that check state can mean that you need another object, or another virtual function, or some other ni

You are totally right. As an example, long if/else chains that check state can mean that you need another object, or another virtual function, or some other niblet of orchestration. Likewise, I'm not really impressed by the anti-if campaign. At some point, abstractions cause the exact same problem they were designed to solve, and produce code that is difficult to reason about or change.