>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I need a method of a object to return some strings (actually two). I can declare the variables as Private before calling the method and set the values of the variables inside the method.
>>>>Or I can declare the variables Local and pass them by reference (with @). Therefore, when passing by reference the variable value can be set within the method and afterward get the value.
>>>>What is better practice?
>>>
>>>Return an object based on empty with properties storing return values. This way you can return as many strings or not strings as you want
>>
>>I just did a little test. And it appears that creating an empty object is fairly simple
>>
>>oEmpty = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "return_success",.T.)
>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string1","abc")
>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string2","123")
>>oEmpty.return_success = .F.
>>RETURN
>>
>>
>>Thank you.
>
>I strongly suggest you to use "_.prg" (
https://github.com/nftools/underscore )
>
>With it you can get rid of addproperty, and instead just do:
>
>
>
>set path to "..\underscore" addititive
>
>oEmpty = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>
>with _( m.oEmpty )
> .return_success = .T.
> .string1 = "abc"
> .string2 = 123
>endwith
>
>
Thank you for your input. But why "strongly"? And what is the benefit of getting rid of addproperty?
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