All they really did was flatten the if/else to remove a few layers of nesting. It's not a bad idea in the abstract (not suitable everywhere of course), even if

All they really did was flatten the if/else to remove a few layers of nesting. It's not a bad idea in the abstract (not suitable everywhere of course), even if you don't like their particular implementation. // Original if a if b else else if b else // New if not a and not b if not a and b if a and not b if a and b