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by skrebbel 4442 days ago
Are you certain that that's an improvement?
1 comments

For two options, almost certainly not ;-)

For N ports, or for a port list defined from a config file however it could be. It's even nicer in python:

    ports = [80, 443, ...]
    if port in ports and http:
        ...
Or with underscore:

    var ports = [80, 443, ...];
    if(_(ports).contains(port) && http) {
        ...
    }
Good collections make it better than manually checking the return code or checking an explicit set of port values. Also configuration > magic_nums.