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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Functional Programming in C Conditionals - If-Else

Posted by Danny Jasper
Danny Jasper
3,112 Points

Does leaving the { } in an if statement cause performance drawback?

I like them in my code even when I don't have to, just for my own code readability.

1 Answer

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
5,280 Points
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
5,280 Points

Using parentheses (the { } ) does not cause any performance drawbacks as Objective-C is a compiled language.

Danny Jasper
Danny Jasper
3,112 Points

Thank you! Awesome quick and clear answer :-).