>>>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. :)
>
>Right - and this actually proves Jim's assertion that this can be hard to read, and my assertion that the names of methods have to be meaningful. The .drunk() and .tired(), .tank.empty() methods have completely wrong names. In a context of the example, they have to have positive names:
>
>
lCanDrive=.f.
>do case
> case not this.HaveCar()
> case not this.HaveLicense()
> case not this.sober()
> case not this.rested()
> case not this.car.GotGas()
> ...
> otherwise
> lCanDrive=.t.
>endcase
Disagree.
do case
case not this.HaveCar()
case not this.HaveLicense()
case this.drunk()
case this.tired()
case this.car.tank.empty()
otherwise
lCanDrive=.t.
endcase
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