taste is taste but would you care to illustrate your point with examples? I’m curious about it
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:12 AM, stepharo <[email protected]> wrote: > > You summarise well the kind of code I do not like. > isNil everywhere and horrible tests. > > Stef > > > Le 4/1/15 23:27, Sebastian Sastre a écrit : >> Hi guys, >> >> I’ve started to use this little one: >> >> Object>>ifNilOrEmpty: aBlock >> >> self ifNil: [ ^ aBlock value ]. >> >> (self isCollection and: [ >> self isEmpty ]) ifTrue: [ ^ aBlock value ]. >> >> ^ self. >> >> >> It allows you to do the widely known JavaScript one-liner: >> >> var stuff = this.thing || ‘some default value for when this.thing is >> undefined, null or an empty string’. >> >> but in smalltalk in this way: >> >> stuff := self thing ifNilOrEmpty: [ ‘some default value for when self thing >> is nil or an empty string’ ] >> >> simple thing feels practical and nice :) >> >> >> > >
