No, Captain Ainsworth only appears in the 2004 ITV series and is not a character who appears in the original books. And it is indeed implied that he was married when Miss Marple had the affair with him which explains why they never married.

Was Miss Marples lover, Captain Ainsworth, married?
If we assume we have this little snippet of code:

string str = "checked";
bool test1;

if (str == "checked")
{
    test1 = true;
}
else
{
    test1 = false;
}


Is it bad practice to change a simple statement like this to the following?:

bool test2 = (str == "checked");


Because they work exactly the same, and work as required, so I can't imagine how it would be. However, as a young, inexperienced programmer I am not aware of whether such a thing is frowned upon or not. Can anyone tell me, if this is NOT ok, why not?

The following test program:

using System;

public class Test
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        string str = "checked";

        bool test1;

        if (str == "checked")
        {
            test1 = true;
        }
        else
        {
            test1 = false;
        }

        bool test2 = (str == "checked");

        bool test3 = (str != "checked");

        Console.WriteLine(test1.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine(test2.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine(test3.ToString());
    }
}


Outputs:

True
True
False


Any insight etc is appreciated.
