Series: Coding Contentions: How do you return?
Aug
27
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:32 PM
As you're processing a method, how do you return back to the calling method? Do you have multiple returns in your logic or just have one at the end of the method?
After high-school, I got used to writting one and only one return statement at the end of a method. I was told it was bad practise to have multiple returns "littered throughout your method." And you/we were graded that way, multiple returns meant less marks, you quickly learned to bend to "da man."
However, after a few years (ok, stop laughing, it's been a bit more than a few :>) and a few languages (VB, Java, C#), I've seen many high profile programmers using both multiple returns and single returns. I've even seen it debated online but those URLs escapse me at the moment.
What is part of your coding standards? Do you have any standards for this type of thing? Take a look at your existing code and tell me what you're using now. I would love to read what other people are using/doing!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a sample doing both.
