>>I read somewhere that a function (or method) should have a single point of exit (RETURN). Is this considered a general design principle, that should usually be followed?
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>>I find that it is more complicated to code a function or method to have a single RETURN, but I also see that it may make cleanup (if required) easier.
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>>TIA, Hilmar.
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>If that's really a general principle I prefer to be a rare specious :)
>Cetin
Thanks.
Well, I don't usually follow this principle either. But I have seen,
in one specific case, where I needed lots of cleanup code in a method, that it helped to do this.
Hilmar.
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