I always put an error message in my unneeded elses, even if it is "impossible"
They've helped me to catch bugs quite a few times.
-Phil
On Thursday 03 April 2003 10:28 am, Tony Esposito wrote:
> When you have an if-elsif-else situation like below, where there is no
> action taken on the final 'else', is there a way to just say 'continue' -
> like one would do in C - or is it considered 'ok' to just leave off the
> final 'else'?
> My experience has taught me to include the final 'else' but just add a
> 'continue' command or NULL. This is to make the code more readable.
>
> Example:
>
> if(! defined($ini_filename)) {
> return(int 2);
> }
> elsif (! -e $ini_filename) {
> return(int 4);
> }
> elsif (-z $ini_filename) {
> return(int 5);
> }
> else {
> # do nothing and there's nothing to say so just continue
> }
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Anthony (Tony) Esposito
> > Senior Technical Consultant
> > Inovis(tm), formerly Harbinger and Extricity
> > 2425 N. Central Expressway, Suite 900
> > Richardson, TX 75080
> > (972) 643-3115
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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