Hoist Statements from If

Sourcery refactoring id: hoist-statement-from-if

Description:

Moves statements that occur in all cases of an if statement outside of the conditional

Before:

if sold > DISCOUNT_AMOUNT:
    total = sold * DISCOUNT_PRICE
    label = f"Total: {total}"
else:
    total = sold * PRICE
    label = f"Total: {total}"

After:

if sold > DISCOUNT_AMOUNT:
    total = sold * DISCOUNT_PRICE
else:
    total = sold * PRICE
label = f"Total: {total}"

Explanation:

We should always be on the lookout for ways to remove duplicated code. An opportunity for code hoisting is a nice way of doing so.

Sometimes code is repeated on both branches of a conditional. This means that the code will always execute. The duplicate lines can be hoisted out of the conditional and replaced with a single line.

By taking the assignment to label outside of the conditional we have removed a duplicate line of code, and made it clearer what the conditional is actually controlling, which is the total.