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		pjc50 on March 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parse, don't validate (2019) It keeps the code closer to the left. It also keeps it conceptually simpler if you can discard a bunch of "obvious" cases early on.

jakelazaroff on March 7, 2023 [–]

Yup, this is my exact rationale for preferring this too. Branches are a significant source of complexity and early returns are one way to tame it — have the “meat” of the function deal with as few invariants as possible.

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