prefer-returning-condition

v1.31.0

style

effort: 2m

has auto-fix

teams+

Suggests to directly return the condition from the previous if statement.

Example

❌ Bad:

void fn(bool condition, bool anotherCondition) {
  if (condition) {
    return true;
  }

  // LINT: Prefer returning a merged condition from the previous if statement and its inner return.
  return false;
}

void fn(bool condition, bool anotherCondition) {
  if (condition) {
    return anotherCondition;
  }

  // LINT: Prefer returning a merged condition from the previous if statement and its inner return.
  return false;
}

✅ Good:

void fn(bool condition, bool anotherCondition) {
  return condition;
}

void fn(bool condition, bool anotherCondition) {
  return condition && anotherCondition;
}

Related Rules

• prefer-simpler-boolean-expressions
• prefer-returning-conditional-expressions