> But you are, I think, retreating to a position that, because the JavaScript && operator shortcircuits (ie does not evaluate the second operand of the first op

> But you are, I think, retreating to a position that, because the JavaScript && operator shortcircuits (ie does not evaluate the second operand of the first operand is truthy) it is always a control flow I’m not retreating to anything. This was my only point and I explicitly said so. > a point which I can sort of agree with, but which I think is just a weak position, since it doesn’t help us make decisions about what code is good or bad. I’m not trying to change the world with the point. Just to establish the basic fact.