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# Nicht
A more natural way to use `not`.
> Might be easier to read in a voice that doesn't sound like Borat
## Motivation
Boolean conditions sometimes require mental gymnastics from the reader especially on more complicated expressions which may lead to [subtle bugs](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-pushed-a-one-character-typo-to-production-bricking-chrome-os-devices/).
Some languages have a `not` keyword available to reduce this kind of bugs especially with the sometimes hard to see single `!` negatiting whole expressions.
Unfortunately this is not the case in rust.
Instead the `std::ops::Not` can only be applied to the end of an expression making it hard to read again.
## Usage
This is the `std` way of using `not`:
```rust
use std::ops::Not;
if foo.some_condition().not() {
// etc.
}
```
With this crate you can achieve the more natural way of reading code like `if not some condition` is true.
```rust
use nicht::not;
if not(foo.some_condition()) {
// etc.
}
```
## Credit
[By u/killercup](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/8u8o5o/comment/e1dtvu0/)
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