Can the if block and the while block have a condition block pre inserted in them?

[HanaZimmermanKarl]

The if block does not contain a condition block in it.

And so is the while loop block:

The most common use of the if and of the while loop blocks have a condition block in them.

This causes any use of if block or the while block, to take longer, unnecessarily.

I'm asking that any if would have a preinserted preinserted condition block in it, I believe programming would be less tedious.

This includes the if block in the logic instruction group, and when expanding an if block to: else if

Thanks in advance!

[BeckHaru]

please reassign to Jac, thank you.

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[HanaZimmermanKarl]

Hi @BeckHaru, I can not assign anything. It is assigned to you and @unthinkmedia automatically. Maybe you can reassign this to who ever is needed? Thanks!

[jaustin]

We're triaging open issues and have identified this as one that would have huge impact on printed and published educational materials, and teacher training.

We're sympathetic to discussing the change itself but if it were to be made we'd need a good transition period and some user testing around how much it affects the ability of people to follow existing (and therefore out-of-date-after-the-change) resources.

There's a certain advantage to communicating immediately that the thing the if statement needs must be True or False, as well.