[dba-Tech] On Odious Code

Well, while we're bitching (or at least I am bitching) about syntax and
semantics, I would prefer to lose the word Nothing in favour of the more
classical Void (as distinguished from Null), but I suppose that just
makes me a language pedant. So be it. I also despise the unary equals
operator, i.e. it's valid to type into an object's event property,
"=MyFunction()". Mind you, I despise "to each their own" as well, so I
guess I'm a pedant.

A.

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Porter, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:52 PM
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Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] On Odious Code


I have seen guidelines for coding style which dictates that the most
likely answer of an If...Then statement should be an affirmative.  Using
that rationale and the example below, the most likely answer for the If
statement is that it is not 'Nothing'.

That kind of a guideline can produce oddly syntaxed code like this.

Mark