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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: ensuring unreachability |
| Date | 2015-02-18 08:49 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mc2577$4vj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnme63vm.uoi.avl@login.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <statement-20150217115740@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <mc09k1$3se$1@dont-email.me> <slrnme7nt2.uoi.avl@login.logic.tuwien.ac.at> |
On 2/17/2015 7:40 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> wrote:
>> [...]
>> IMHO, this particular cure is a lot worse than the disease.
>
> Despite your own judgement of it, this is awesome!
Now, I wish I hadn't posted it. It's vile, merely a
curiosity and not a practical solution. I sincerely hope
you will not use it.
Remember, the underlying purpose is to guard against a
maintainer who might inadvertently introduce a fall-through.
A maintainer is equally likely to notice that the `once'
variable serves no purpose (many IDE's will tell him so),
and will improve the code by eliminating the useless variable.
Where then will your guard go?
I believe my other suggestion -- eliminating the last
`else' -- is a far better solution: More direct, more
readable, and more robust.
> Thanks!
Be sure to thank me again after my ill-conceived gimmick
breaks ...
--
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
"Don't be afraid of work. Make work afraid of you." -- TLM
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ensuring unreachability Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-02-17 09:54 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-02-17 08:23 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@huldreskog.localdomain> - 2015-02-17 13:54 -0600
Re: ensuring unreachability Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-02-17 15:51 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-02-18 00:40 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-02-18 08:49 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2015-02-18 16:40 +0200
Re: ensuring unreachability Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-02-18 10:16 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-02-18 11:02 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-02-19 09:48 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-02-20 09:39 -0800
Re: ensuring unreachability Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-02-19 09:50 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-02-19 18:20 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-02-19 15:24 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-02-19 01:28 +0000
Re: ensuring unreachability Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-17 18:49 -0500
Re: ensuring unreachability Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-02-18 00:59 +0000
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