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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Call by Result
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:55:42 +0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:01:36 +0100, RedGrittyBrick wrote:

> I think Stephan Ram's answer is roughly what I would do.
> 
> String returnString;
> Thagomizor thangomizor = new Thagomizor(); thangomizor.thangomize();
> if (!thangomizor.didItWork()) {
>    throw new TooBadException();
> } else {
>    returnString = thangomizor.getString();
> }

Likewise, this is my usual style too, though its quite possibly a carry-
over from the way I write C.


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