Right...and, if you make it into a function, the aesthetic problem gets "hidden" and your code reads:
isbase64() On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Reason being that throwing exceptions are expensive and also an ugly way > of > > programming an evaluation. IMHO.. > > Throwing exceptions isn't especially expensive, compared to whatever > conditional logic they might otherwise replace. The ugliness thing is > more a matter of the eye of the beholder, but there's nothing > inherently wrong about using an exception to test failure. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
