"Robert Cummings" <rob...@interjinn.com> wrote in message news:4f30086a.6080...@interjinn.com... 1) deal with the trivial and error cases first > > Some say you should never return early from a function... I too think that > early returns can improve the readability of a function-- > especially if they are short snippets of logic that clearly indicate the > reason for an early exit (usually edge case constraints). > > :) > > Cheers, > Rob. > --
I agree. Using multiple returns is merely a goto. Maintenance of that function must then take into account those "multiple paths" in that function as the changes are added. Modifying the original function to remove the returns so that *all* flows will encounter the 'new' code can cause problems if today's author misses something in the logical path of the process(es). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
