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Changing the value of a variable to what it might already be

Which is better:

if(value != 1){
   value = 1
}

or

value = 1

(This is for a function that is in an animation loop, so its constantly being called, don’t know if this is important or not, but thought that I should include that info…)

Answer 1

This is remarkably similar to a story on Computer Stupidities:

I ran across this gem while debugging someone else’s old code once:

if (value == 0)
   return value;
else
   return 0; 

In your code, regardless of the original value of value, it will always be 1 by the end. So just set it that way.