Is there any appreciable difference between if and if-else?
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Given the following code snippets, is there any appreciable difference?
public boolean foo(int input) {
   if(input > 10) {
       doStuff();
       return true;
   }
   if(input == 0) {
       doOtherStuff();
       return true;
   }
   return false;
}
vs.
public boolean foo(int input) {
   if(input > 10) {
      doStuff();
      return true;
   } else if(input == 0) {
      doOtherStuff();
      return true;
   } else {
      return false;
   }
}
Or would the single exit principle be better here with this piece of code...
public boolean foo(int input) {
   boolean toBeReturned = false;
   if(input > 10) {
      doStuff();
      toBeReturned = true;
   } else if(input == 0) {
      doOtherStuff();
      toBeReturned = true;
   }
   return toBeReturned;
}
Is there any perceptible performance difference? Do you feel one is more or less maintainable/readable than the others?
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