I've found "if x" to be much less readable, especially when I'm looking at code written in a language I'm not familiar with. When I'm reading such code, I want

I've found "if x" to be much less readable, especially when I'm looking at code written in a language I'm not familiar with. When I'm reading such code, I want to be 100% what something is doing, and not have to read documentation when avoidable.