docs/projects/regal/rules/style/default-over-not.md
Summary: Prefer default assignment over negated condition
Category: Style
Avoid
package policy
username := input.user.name
username := "anonymous" if not input.user.name
Prefer
package policy
default username := "anonymous"
username := input.user.name
While both forms are valid, using the default keyword to assign a constant value in the fallback case better
communicates intent, avoids negation where it isn't needed, and requires less instructions to evaluate. Note that this
rule only covers simple cases where one rule assigns the "happy" path, and another rule assigns on the same condition
negated. This is by design, as using not and negation may very well be the right choice for more complex cases!
This linter rule provides the following configuration options:
rules:
style:
default-over-not:
# one of "error", "warning", "ignore"
level: error