diff --git a/unicode.h b/unicode.h
index 6d1376f17..263260702 100644
--- a/unicode.h
+++ b/unicode.h
@@ -264,26 +264,29 @@ static uint32_t codepoint_from_utf8(const std::string & utf8, size_t & offset) {
         offset += 1;
         return result;
     }
-    else if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x40)) {
+    if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x40)) {
         throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
     }
-    else if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x20)) {
-        if (offset + 1 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80))
+    if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x20)) {
+        if (offset + 1 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80)) {
             throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
+        }
         auto result = ((utf8[offset + 0] & 0x1f) << 6) | (utf8[offset + 1] & 0x3f);
         offset += 2;
         return result;
     }
-    else if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x10)) {
-        if (offset + 2 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || ! ((utf8[offset + 2] & 0xc0) == 0x80))
+    if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x10)) {
+        if (offset + 2 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || ! ((utf8[offset + 2] & 0xc0) == 0x80)) {
             throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
+        }
         auto result = ((utf8[offset + 0] & 0x0f) << 12) | ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0x3f) << 6) | (utf8[offset + 2] & 0x3f);
         offset += 3;
         return result;
     }
-    else if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x08)) {
-        if (offset + 3 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || ! ((utf8[offset + 2] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || !((utf8[offset + 3] & 0xc0) == 0x80))
+    if (!(utf8[offset + 0] & 0x08)) {
+        if (offset + 3 >= utf8.size() || ! ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || ! ((utf8[offset + 2] & 0xc0) == 0x80) || !((utf8[offset + 3] & 0xc0) == 0x80)) {
             throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
+        }
         auto result = ((utf8[offset + 0] & 0x07) << 18) | ((utf8[offset + 1] & 0x3f) << 12) | ((utf8[offset + 2] & 0x3f) << 6) | (utf8[offset + 3] & 0x3f);
         offset += 4;
         return result;
@@ -331,14 +334,14 @@ static uint32_t codepoint_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> & utf16, size_t
         offset += 1;
         return result;
     }
-    else {
-        if (offset + 1 >= utf16.size() || !((utf16[1] & 0xdc00) == 0xdc00))
-            throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
-        auto result = 0x10000 + (((utf16[0] & 0x03ff) << 10) | (utf16[1] & 0x03ff));
-        offset += 2;
-        return result;
+
+    if (offset + 1 >= utf16.size() || !((utf16[1] & 0xdc00) == 0xdc00)) {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
     }
-    throw std::invalid_argument("invalid string");
+
+    auto result = 0x10000 + (((utf16[0] & 0x03ff) << 10) | (utf16[1] & 0x03ff));
+    offset += 2;
+    return result;
 }
 
 static std::vector<uint32_t> codepoints_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> & utf16) {
@@ -362,39 +365,46 @@ static std::vector<uint32_t> codepoints_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> &
 static std::unordered_map<uint32_t, int> codepoint_type_map() {
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, int> codepoint_types;
     for (auto p : digit_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT;
+        }
     }
     for (auto p : letter_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER;
+        }
     }
     for (auto p : whitespace_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE;
+        }
     }
     for (auto p : accent_mark_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_ACCENT_MARK;
+        }
     }
     for (auto p : punctuation_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_PUNCTUATION;
+        }
     }
     for  (auto p : symbol_ranges) {
-        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_SYMBOL;
+        }
     }
     for (auto p : control_ranges) {
-        for(auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i)
+        for (auto i = p.first; i <= p.second; ++ i) {
             codepoint_types[i] = CODEPOINT_TYPE_CONTROL;
+        }
     }
     return codepoint_types;
 }
 
 static int codepoint_type(uint32_t cp) {
     static std::unordered_map<uint32_t, int> codepoint_types = codepoint_type_map();
-    return codepoint_types.find(cp) == codepoint_types.end() ? CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED : codepoint_types[cp];
+    return codepoint_types.find(cp) == codepoint_types.end() ? CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED : codepoint_types.at(cp);
 }
 
 static int codepoint_type(const std::string & utf8) {