``++if++`` statements with conditions that are always false have the effect of making blocks of code non-functional. ``++if++`` statements with conditions that are always true are completely redundant, and make the code less readable.


There are three possible causes for the presence of such code: 

* An if statement was changed during debugging and that debug code has been committed.
* Some value was left unset.
* Some logic is not doing what the programmer thought it did.

In any of these cases, unconditional ``++if++`` statements should be removed.