Rule proposal: Prefer `else`

In following case, use else is more readable than continue and return, but only the else block is small.

Fail

for (const element of array) {
  if (foo) {
    bar();
    continue;
  }

  baz();
}

function a() {
  if (foo) {
    bar();
    return;
  }

  baz();
}

Pass

for (const element of array) {
  if (foo) {
    bar();
  } else {
    baz();
  }
}

function a() {
  if (foo) {
    bar();
  } else {
    baz();
  }
}

[sindresorhus]

Can you elaborate on why you think it’s more readable? Because I personally find the continue/return version more readable, for the same reasons I prefer early-returns: less nesting.

[fisker]

I agree this case should do early exit.