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Daniel Gomez •

Can you share why would this be more readable/maintainable? I'm worried about you saying that this is "more readable and maintainable" without giving quality arguments about why that's true, that may let people believe that this is a must always.

I just went into a discussion about this topic, and some people argue that:

const condition = true

const value = {
   false: "first",
   true: "second
}[condition]
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Is better than a simple if like:

const value = condition? "first" : "second"
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This is an abuse/overuse of a language feature or structure which involves more concepts and more time on your brain in order to understand what is happening when you read it.

I also believe that this enlarge possible problems in devs minds like "Primitive types obsession" and "Declarative Dilussion", check:

WDYT?

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