using VB.Net And/Or operators for logical short-circuiting: Any compiler-directive/workaround?

Question

I found using AndAlso/OrElse, all the time, VERY annoying. It reduces code readability, especially when conditioning get complicated.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I'm fairly sure there's no (supported) way to change the meaning of And/Or, and assuming that your code might in the future be maintained or read by other people it would be a very bad idea, you'd confuse them completely.

If conditioning gets too complicated I'd suggest instead splitting it up on multiple lines.
so instead of:

If x AndAlso y AndAlso (z Or w) Then

Make it something like:

xy = x AndAlso y
zw = z Or w
if xy AndAlso zw Then