Please consider allowing a single line of code to be constructed using a prefix if expression

[Shooting Fly]

I know in Ruby or Crystal, we can use a suffix if expression to make something readable. 

def demo(a, b)
  return false if (a - b > 10)    
  return false if (b - a > 10)
  true
end

But in C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Elixir, Rust, and etc, it allows a single line of code to be constructed using a prefix if expression.

def demo(a, b)
   if (a - b > 10) return false;
   if (b - a > 10) return false;  
   true
end

As a Chinese, because we use if statement at first in Chinese grammar, the second one leads the code more natural to read for us. 

[Ary Borenszweig]

You can do it:

---

def demo(a, b)

  if (a - b > 10); return false; end

  if (b - a > 10); return false; end

  true

end

demo(1, 2)

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[Shooting Fly]

I know, but it is very ugly to use two semicolons and an `end`. What I want is to offer a new way to write single line if.

在 2018年10月27日星期六 UTC+8下午7:16:50，Ary Borenszweig写道：

[Jack Thorne]

I would try opening up an issue in github issues page.

I am guessing with any syntax change there will be some concerns about effects across the codebase.