> > > (Aside: I dislike functions that have a different return type based on > the value of a parameter.) > > I wanted to stay out of the whole discussion as it's largely over my head... But I did want to express support for this idea which I think almost rises to the level of a standard... I see more bugs created in our software because of the above issues then anything else... I have no problem with functions that accept various input but producing various outputs just seems to wreak havoc...
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