for -- else: what was the motivation?

[dn]

On 10/10/2022 13.47, MRAB wrote:
> On 2022-10-10 00:40, dn wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2022 at 15:39, Axy via Python-list
>> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> "shortest block first"
>>
>> Have never heard this advice before. Kind-of rankled with me, as it did
>> for others.
>>
>> Enquiring minds want to know... Played Duck, duck, go on this: zero hits
>> amongst a pile of similar phrases - turns-out there's an algorithm with
>> a similar name, but not related, and an electronics approach (way too
>> 'low' a level for translation to us though).
>>
>> Tried prefixing with "program" but no such advice to programmers or
>> program[me] designers.
>>
>> Tried prefixing with "python", but equal lack of joy.
>>
>> Would OP please quote source?
>>
> [snip]
> After a few minutes searching I found this:
> 
> https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/9.5/en-us/CodingGuidelines/CglPhp/PhpFileFormatting/PhpSyntaxFormatting.html
> 
> """It is recommended to create conditions so that the shortest block of 
> code goes first."""

Thanks for this!

So, a Domain-Specific Language for a CMS.

If this is only reference, then hardly a tenet of ComSc thinking or 
programming-languages!


For fun: Typo3 is based on PHP. Advice (apparently) not replicated in 
PHP-docs (if, else, etc).
-- 
Regards,
=dn