It is more readable and more efficient as a bonus.
See: https://goo.gl/jsVAwy:

Change-Id: I56ba7aa1477361a686ffb50955525b73cce24197
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/26585Tested-by: Jenkins <ci@libreoffice.org>
Reviewed-by: Noel Grandin <noelgrandin@gmail.com>