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		lsaferite on Dec 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Read this post ‘unless’ you’re not a Ruby develope... > double negatives Could you give an example of a double negative in this case? I ask because using "if" does not lend itself to double negatives in my experience, but just thinking about "unless" I see double negatives being an issue (since unless is already negating the operand).

petre on Dec 13, 2022 [–]

Maybe he means unless this and|or|xor that. That's what I use it for rather than negate every paraneter.

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