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prefer if expressions #132

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Dear Gprbuild developers,

Since Ada2012 the if expression is supported.
Using the if expression in many cases improves the readability of the code.

Greetings,
Pierre

P.S. When you see no if expression in the change, the code is simplified even further to improve readability.

Problem detected and solved by Rejuvenation-Ada crate
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end Optional_Index_Of;

function Others_Allowed_For
(Attribute : Attribute_Node_Id) return Boolean
is
begin
if Attribute = Empty_Attribute then
return False;
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Example where if expression is even simplified away!


else
if Match (S_Name, I_Regexp) then
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Another example where if expression is simplified even further

@@ -2341,11 +2328,7 @@ package body Scanner is

begin
if Chr = CR then
if Source (P + 1) = LF then
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Example where the condition is really limited to what it effects: only 2 or 1!

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After this pull request, you might want to change some functions into expression functions to make the code even more readable!

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