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Major code smell for me as well, but I've seen some rather big projects do them, so I always file it under "tabs vs. spaces".

To stop people from upvoting me: I'm in the tabs camp. There, I've said it.

It's just you. Once you're used to them they're just as easy to read as "normal" conditionals, if not easier.

No, it's not just him. Yoda conditions are hard to read, because they don't follow the natural language. You don't say "If 5 dollars is more than what I have...", instead you say "If I have less than 5 dollars ...".

This is a result of the code being transpiled from their scripting language and run through Google's Closure Compiler. You'll get the same behavior on conditions if you try it out (http://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home).