If you’re in a language that supports it, please don’t use if (false) use if ($disallowAllUsers = false && $whateverTheRealConditionIs)

It seems much worse to use a setter in an if statement.

Think of it as inline attribution/documentation.

Never seen this, what language or buildsystem is this?

That specific language is PHP, but the tip is applicable in any language that supports inline assignment.

The Octonaut
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if (true === $wantToCauseErrorsForFun) {
    badOldFunction();
} 
Kogasa
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The assignment syntax is too close to comparison, which is what is more typical in that position. I would recommend

const bool _isFeatureEnabled = false;
if (_isFeatureEnabled && ...)

if not a proper feature flag (or just remove the code).

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