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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer a bunch of

if (fucked_up) {return(error_code);}

for checking common errors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, never nest.

All the conditions should be checked and returned if they failed as you go through the function with the successful response being the last line.