> Despite this, please use volatile anyway! When I do not see volatile it’s likely a defect. Stopping to consider if it’s this special case slows understanding and impedes code review.
There are quite a few things I reflexively write where I know that in the specific case I don't actually need to do that, but also know that it'll make the code easier to skim read later.
I hate having my skimming interrupted by "is this the case where this is safe?" type situations.
One can, of course, overdo it - and to what extent it's worth doing it depends on who you expect to be reading it - but it can often be quite handy.
A concrete example:
this.attrs = { style: {}, ...attrs }
will work fine if the 'attrs' variable is null, because ...<null> is not an error in javascript and expands to nothing ... but I'll still often write this.attrs = { style: {}, ...(attrs??{}) }
instead because it makes it clear that the code is allowing the null case deliberately and because it means the person reading it doesn't have to remember that the null case would've worked anyway (and also because my brain finds it weird that the null case does work so it often makes me pause even though I well know it's fine once I stop and think for a second). replies(1):