yoda expressions

[nichdiekuh]

Hi,

I was wanted to apply the standard rules on my codebase, but then I hit the yoda rule and felt strongly discouraged. Are there any strong arguments against using yoda expressions?
I can get the rid of semicolons and everything, but for some reason I'm struggeling to give up on yoda expressions.
Is it possible to add an exception for this case?

[feross]

Yoda expressions are less readable because they're backwards from how an english sentence works. You can read more at the eslint rule page.

If you really want, you can fork standard and change the rule. Or, you can use the eslint shareable config and .eslintrc to customize the rules:

{
  "extends": ["standard", "standard-react"],
  "rules": {
    "yoda": 0
  }
}

But really, the point of standard is to eliminate these types of style discussions. If you care so strongly about one rule, standard might not be for you.

[nichdiekuh]

I see your point, thank you for the explanation!

[feross]

No problem!

[dcousens]

@nichdiekuh remembering, the primary principle behind using a yoda expression is to avoid the mistake of [accidentally] writing if (myVar = "something").
This mistake is already caught by other rules in standard IIRC, so yoda expressions don't serve their intended purpose.

[feross]

@dcousens Yep, you're correct.