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Simplify if cond: return True/False else: return False/True patterns#268

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@yarikoptic yarikoptic commented May 15, 2026

Summary

Seeing those code patterns triggerred me ;)

Small readability cleanup: replace several if cond: return True else: return False (and the inverse) constructs with a direct return cond (or return not cond, or a swapped ==/!=). No behavior change.

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  • 5731ace Simplify if cond: return True/False else: return False/True patterns
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5731ace Simplify if cond: return True/False else: return False/True patterns

Refactored 6 instances across 3 files:

  • spikeinterface_gui/curationview.py — 3 methods (_conditional_refresh_merge / _delete / _split): if cond: return True else: return Falsereturn cond.
  • spikeinterface_gui/main.py (the SortingAnalyzer-folder check, both the non-zarr and zarr branches): if X != Y: return False else: return Truereturn X == Y (swapped != to ==).
  • spikeinterface_gui/view_base.py (is_warning_active): if active_window and isinstance(active_window, QT.QMessageBox): return True; return Falsereturn isinstance(active_window, QT.QMessageBox). isinstance(None, ...) already returns False, so the truthiness guard was redundant.

Left controller.py:check_is_view_possible alone because its if-branch has a side-effecting print, so the pattern doesn't simplify cleanly.

Test plan

  • python -m py_compile on the three edited files
  • Reviewer: spot-check the is_warning_active simplification — relying on isinstance(None, ...) being False

Replace verbose if/else-return-bool constructs with direct return
of the condition. In `is_warning_active`, drop the redundant
truthiness guard since `isinstance(None, ...)` already returns False.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Code 2.1.142 / Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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