Question

In languages that support the following example:

organizationPanel.Enabled = organizationPanel.Visible = OrganizationsSeparateFromUsers;

which is better,

doing the assignment on the same line since they are set to the same value

or doing it on separate lines?

Answer 1

Neither is “better” as they are functionally equivalent. I would argue that separate lines are more readable than one line.

ie:

organizationPanel.Enabled = OrganizationsSeparateFromUsers;
organizationPanel.Visible = OrganizationsSeparateFromUsers;

vs:

organizationPanel.Enabled = organizationPanel.Visible = OrganizationsSeparateFromUsers;