Could the entire situation be avoided by using an editor linting plugin to detect assignment within conditions?
It very much could, this is a great idea if you don't need assignments within conditions.
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Could the entire situation be avoided by using an editor linting plugin to detect assignment within conditions?
It very much could, this is a great idea if you don't need assignments within conditions.