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curprev 08:3608:36, 15 May 2025 Evolve2k talk contribs 9,466 bytes +164 Further context given on guard clause introduction. undo
curprev 08:2608:26, 15 May 2025 Evolve2k talk contribs 9,302 bytes +8 Refined wording to match to common style. Made 'Kent Beck' a link their article undo
curprev 08:2408:24, 15 May 2025 Evolve2k talk contribs 9,294 bytes +201 Introduction now contextualises the term as a software design pattern. Resolves 2010 question on are more inline citations needed? Context clear, notice no longer needed. undo

curprev 21:2621:26, 16 October 2024 2601:283:4600:64a:b482:7bdf:dec8:8757 talk 9,093 bytes −16 No edit summary undo

curprev 20:2820:28, 13 September 2024 Renamed user 6489fc7bf1448e08d3149d8f49395301 talk contribs 9,109 bytes +33 →Uses: Update python comment to reflect *why* it is good, rather than just stating it is good undo

curprev 03:0103:01, 24 July 2024 Kvng talk contribs 9,076 bytes −46 WP:SOB. WP:ADOPTYPO. undo

curprev 22:3122:31, 3 July 2024 Macrakis talk contribs 9,122 bytes +95 xref Guarded Command Language undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 18:3518:35, 25 June 2024 W.andrea talk contribs m 9,027 bytes −1 →top: typo (errant comma) undo

curprev 21:0421:04, 28 February 2024 W.andrea talk contribs 9,028 bytes +127 Add some links. Reword "program execution" to avoid adjacent links (plus it's clearer this way). undo

curprev 12:5512:55, 23 August 2023 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,901 bytes +4 →Flatter code with less nesting: styling undo
curprev 12:5412:54, 23 August 2023 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,897 bytes +11 →Flatter code with less nesting: braces, line break undo
curprev 11:1811:18, 23 August 2023 Niokog talk contribs 8,886 bytes +435 →Flatter code with less nesting: added a C example undo
curprev 11:0411:04, 23 August 2023 Niokog talk contribs 8,451 bytes +4 flatter code as a subsection of usage undo

curprev 01:5501:55, 25 May 2023 Fakescientist8000 talk contribs m 8,447 bytes +13 Reverted edits by 177.55.183.118 (talk) to last version by Novem Linguae undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 01:5501:55, 25 May 2023 177.55.183.118 talk 8,434 bytes −13 Else statement not needed. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 18:1418:14, 7 March 2023 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,447 bytes −79 Changing short description from "Boolean expression evaluated to determine if a branch of a computer program should continue to be executed" to "Concept in computer science" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper
curprev 15:4915:49, 7 March 2023 Someone who's wrong on the internet talk contribs 8,526 bytes +129 Importing Wikidata short description: "Boolean expression evaluated to determine if a branch of a computer program should continue to be executed" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 08:3308:33, 3 March 2023 Sauer202 talk contribs 8,397 bytes +72 →See also: Added link to Sentinel node, and ordered alphabetically undo

curprev 14:1114:11, 9 November 2022 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,325 bytes +161 →Flatter code with less nesting: tweak example to show why refactoring is good undo
curprev 14:0814:08, 9 November 2022 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,164 bytes +164 →Flatter code with less nesting: refactoring undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 14:0714:07, 9 November 2022 Novem Linguae talk contribs 8,000 bytes +62 subheadings, reorganize a bit undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 21:5521:55, 26 March 2022 TheBrunoRM talk contribs m 7,938 bytes +1 added missing ( undo

curprev 00:1500:15, 25 March 2022 110.145.194.134 talk 7,937 bytes +305 add a Python example of early exit guard at the top of the page. The previously-first example was of Haskell guards, which is somewhat less common in the wild undo

curprev 13:4313:43, 4 January 2022 Frap talk contribs m 7,632 bytes +21 →Example undo

curprev 01:1501:15, 30 September 2021 50.39.103.31 talk 7,611 bytes +2 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 23:3123:31, 2 August 2021 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 7,609 bytes 0 v2.04b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 20:4920:49, 31 July 2021 SmallCypressTree talk contribs 7,609 bytes +61 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0634/#id1 undo

curprev 21:3121:31, 1 June 2020 193.138.218.225 talk 7,548 bytes −1 Copy edit, to be consistent with the rest of the article. undo
curprev 21:2821:28, 1 June 2020 193.138.218.225 talk 7,549 bytes +23 The "NSHipster" reference uses the term "guard statement". It's a generic term, that from what I can gather is in very common use. Alphabetized the different terms, as to not implicitly prescribe one term or the other. Alphabetical/lexicographical order is neutral. undo

curprev 17:5217:52, 11 May 2020 DannyS712 bot talk contribs m 7,526 bytes +72 Task 70: Update syntaxhighlight tags - remove use of deprecated <source> tags undo Tag: AWB

curprev 18:0618:06, 10 February 2020 47.146.48.251 talk 7,454 bytes 0 Fixed "be" to "is" where "be" made no sense undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 16:1416:14, 28 November 2019 Bender the Bot talk contribs m 7,454 bytes +1 →Pattern guard: HTTP → HTTPS for Wayback Machine, replaced: http://web.archive.org/ → https://web.archive.org/ undo Tag: AWB

curprev 18:5618:56, 21 November 2019 User2083146168 talk contribs 7,453 bytes +52 →Pattern guard: Fix broken link undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 16:5616:56, 10 May 2019 92.154.105.145 talk 7,401 bytes −4 Improve formatting to respect K&R formatting. undo

curprev 22:4222:42, 24 October 2017 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 7,405 bytes +86 Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.6beta3) undo

curprev 13:0013:00, 12 October 2017 Chris the speller talk contribs m 7,319 bytes +1 →top: replaced: top to bottom → top-to-bottom; comma using AWB undo

curprev 20:2220:22, 26 April 2017 WillNess talk contribs 7,318 bytes −11 →Evolution: c/e undo

curprev 16:2916:29, 18 April 2017 WillNess talk contribs 7,329 bytes 0 →Evolution: c/e undo
curprev 16:2716:27, 18 April 2017 WillNess talk contribs 7,329 bytes −16 →Evolution: it was KRC, not SASL per se; add ref undo
curprev 16:0416:04, 18 April 2017 WillNess talk contribs 7,345 bytes +271 →Evolution: restore broken white space in a SASL definition; BTW there's no mention of "guard" in SASLman... request sources undo

curprev 16:2616:26, 25 March 2017 2a01:e35:2e58:6f70:605f:93c6:e411:e76 talk 7,074 bytes −118 undoing vandalism undo

curprev 11:5511:55, 17 March 2017 Khushal mehta talk contribs 7,192 bytes +1 No edit summary undo
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curprev 05:2905:29, 12 September 2016 Yobot talk contribs m 7,074 bytes 0 →Evolution: WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes using AWB undo

curprev 14:2414:24, 11 September 2016 Alexcweiner talk contribs 7,074 bytes +511 Added an example of guards in APL undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 23:3823:38, 21 June 2016 2405:b000:602:2::196:103 talk 6,563 bytes −5 Remove unexplained "a.o", sentence works even without whatever it meant undo

curprev 10:5710:57, 26 May 2016 Frap talk contribs 6,568 bytes +231 No edit summary undo

curprev 22:4022:40, 3 April 2016 Nbarth talk contribs 6,337 bytes +128 →top: dispose pattern, link undo
curprev 22:3722:37, 3 April 2016 Nbarth talk contribs 6,209 bytes +167 Smalltalk undo
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