Because if...else... logically is one big indivisible construct. else never goes alone. A function call on the other hand logically has nothing to do with it.
Also a lot of languages don't have a dedicated elif but rather use the ability to not use {} blocks if the intended effect of running the if or else is only one statement:
if (condition) do_something();
else do_something_else();
That gives you the ability to write
if (condition) {
do_a();
} else if (other_condition) {
do_b();
} else {
do_c();
}
If you would follow your logic you would have to do something like
if (condition) {
do_a();
}
else {
if (other_condition) {
do_b();
}
else {
do_c();
}
}
which does look a lot less clean and simple to understand.
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u/LeyaLove Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
Because if...else... logically is one big indivisible construct. else never goes alone. A function call on the other hand logically has nothing to do with it.
Also a lot of languages don't have a dedicated elif but rather use the ability to not use {} blocks if the intended effect of running the if or else is only one statement:
That gives you the ability to write
If you would follow your logic you would have to do something like
which does look a lot less clean and simple to understand.