On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear List,
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> Consider the following method:
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> AClass>>aMethod
>        ^ self compute
>                ifTrue: [ #aSelector ]
>                ifFalse: [ false ]
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> I read somewhere that having a method that may return different type
> of values is not of a good style.


It would be worst if they are not only different type but also not
polymorphic


> I first through it was in Kent's
> book, but I cannot find it.
> Is there a book that talk about this coding style?
>
> Cheers,
> Alexandre
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