MUCH worse would be returning from a 'finally' clause, which can cause unexpected control flow behaviour. See "The Java Hall of Shame":
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sumatra/hallofshame/ and also "The Lost Exception" in Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java". -- Martin Cooper On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:12:37 -0400 (EDT), Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, matthew.hawthorne wrote: > > > > IMO, copy-paste reuse is the worst offense that a programmer can commit. > > > > I agree that it's bad news. > > > > But, I think the worst offense is this: > > > > try { > > > > // ... > > > > } catch (Exception e) { > > return null; > > } > > > > (shudder) > > How lucky you've been. Have you never seen: > > try { > ... > } catch(Throwable t) { > // ignore > } > > ??? :) > > Hen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
