I think the point was, that as soon as you are aware that typos of "=" and "==" are common, and hard to catch mechanically, the _habit_ of using the (constant == myvar) pattern can suddenly be seen as having more value as a hedge against human error.

I'd rather write it that way, and then later change it in code review to `(myvar == constant)`, than risk writing it as `(myvar = constant)` and have it sneak through. Granted unit tests might catch this, but perhaps the error is in the unit test. ;)