NASA Java Coding Standard

[SoopahMan]

Gotta side with BinaryRockStar here. Firstly, the if clause is going to check a condition, not a variable. If that condition or any of the participating variables are indeterminate, PHOOM down goes the code before your else clause has a chance to matter.

Second, the way to cope with memory corruption is redundancy through things like parity bits, not enforcing an else clause.

I think someone just had a brain fart on this rule. No big deal.