On 9/16/05, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/16/05, Patrick McElhaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should avoid returning null if possible. > > why is this?
Because every time I call the function I have to figure out what to do if the returned value is null. Figuring out how to avoid returning null often leads to a better design. Google "Introduce Null Object" for more information. Also, CF doesn't really have a concept of null. There was a discussion here on the subject a few weeks ago. I'm not sure if it's even possible to return null in CF. Patrick -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 http://pmcelhaney.weblogs.us ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
