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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows 2000 SP4
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01086217
Message ID:
01086512
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20
>So, if I read that properly. You are saying that one HAS to be DRUNK AND TIRED to drive the car??? No wonder there are so many accidents on the road... ;)
>
>Chad

Wow, you're right! And all the others haven't noticed that before! We must be really lousy reviewers. :)

>>To me, this looks like the standard checklist approach:
>>
lCanDrive=.f.
>>do case
>>   case not this.HaveCar()
>>   case not this.HaveLicense()
>>   case not this.drunk()
>>   case not this.tired()
>>   case not this.car.tank.empty()
>>   ...
>>   otherwise
>>   lCanDrive=.t.
>>endcase
>>
>>So, if someone doesn't have a car or a license, we don't care whether he has had a drink or two, and we surely won't check the tank in a car he doesn't have.
>>
>>I don't see anything wrong with this approach, on the condition that the method names are meaningful.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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