creative & complex vs simple and readable
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coding-style
Which is a better option?
Its not always that when you have something creative your code is going to look ugly.
But at times it does go a bit ugly.
e.g.
if ( (object1(0)==object2(0) && (object1(1)==object2(1) && (object1(2)==object2(2) && (object1(3)==object2(3)){
    retval = true;
else
    retval = false;
is simple and readable
bool retValue = (object1(0)==object2(0)) && 
                (object1(1)==object2(1)) && 
                (object1(2)==object2(2)) && 
                (object1(3)==object2(3));
but having something like this will make some newbies scratch their heads.
So what do I go for? including simple code everywhere might sometime hamper my performance.
what I could think of was commenting wherever necessary but at times u get too curious to know what is actually happening.  
Any suggestions are welcome.
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