[2] The name for this programming style is derived from the Star Wars character Yoda, who speaks English with a non-standard syntax[3] (e.g., "When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not."[4][5]).
[7] Thus, the following lines are logically equivalent: Notice that the second form naturally uses Yoda syntax in the left-hand comparison (3.14 < y).
Yoda conditions are criticized for compromising readability by increasing the cognitive load of reading the code.
[12] Python 3.8 introduced assignment expressions, but uses the walrus operator := instead of a regular equal sign (=) to avoid bugs which simply confuse == with =.
Example: a Microsoft's CComBSTR compare against a string literal, written as if (L"Hello" == cbstrMessage), does not map to an overload function.