I have that all throughout a codebase. I felt momentarily bad about it, and myself, and then realized I have a reason: The codebase I am maintaining is intend

I have that all throughout a codebase. I felt momentarily bad about it, and myself, and then realized I have a reason: The codebase I am maintaining is intended to be readable by people who have extremely varying levels of skill, and who have no intention of ever being professional programmers. When possible I write stuff so you don’t have to “think like a programmer” to understand it. I’m pleased I use the conditional version more often than not, because I believe it is far more intuitive.