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Well, aren't early returns in guard clauses "recovery from abnormality"? You could flex some language lawyering to define "abnormality"...
by WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
Well, aren't early returns in guard clauses "recovery from abnormality"?
You could flex some language lawyering to define "abnormality"...
- aulin 3y agoI believe that's exactly it. An exception to the single return rule to allow for guard clauses. Wording is maybe a little too obscure though.
- eesmith 3y agoI don't know. Here is the only relevant example I found: p = X_MALLOC(sizeof(*p) * NUM); if (p == NULL) { return (MEM_NOTHING); } ... X_FREE(p); return (OK); It's clearly abnormal. Something like a: if (get_size(obj) == 0) { return empty_case; } ... do more complicated code here ... return result; does not feel "abnormal", which are things you likely want to log, given: Logs should be output not only when an abnormal condition is detected, but also at the timing of, such as, data communication with an external system.