Linked Questions

A co-worker and myself are having a debate on whats best. Both concepts work and work well but is there a general consensus on not making a call to exit? Whats better? To call exit within a ...

While I was writing a private helper method in Java, I needed to add a check for a precondition that would cause the method to do nothing if not met. The last few lines of the method were just off the ...

When checking for parameter consistency a the top of a function body, what is the best strategy? This one: protected void function(Object parameter) if (parameter == null) return; ...

Nesting is unavoidable, however in most cases returning early is a more viable option. Consider the following snippet: MyRoutine(argument) { if (0 == argument) { SubRoutine(argument); ...

I’m writing an asynchronous, Promise-returning function. In the processing I test some conditions, and if the conditions pass, the promise should be fulfilled (resolved), but if one fails, then the ...

I'd like to ask about best practices on return statements. So, what would be more preferable, something like... ... String r = null; if(var != null) { r = "NOT NULL!"; } return r; Or something ...

This is for unity I tried another way of stopping player after he dies and it worked fine but now it does not work with sounds That was my way the only thing that I changed is the state Ben's was ...

I often talk to programmers who say "Don't put multiple return statements in the same method." When I ask them to tell me the reasons why, all I get is "The coding standard says so." or "It's ...

From the Code Complete book comes the following quote: "Put the normal case after the if rather than after the else" Which means that exceptions/deviations from the standard path should be put in ...

So I've been programming for a few years now and recently have started using ReSharper more. One thing that ReSharper always suggests to me is to "invert 'if' statement to reduce nesting". Let's say ...

I know this can be very use-case specific, but I find myself wondering this far too often. Is there a generally preferred syntax. I'm not asking what is the best approach when in a function, I am ...

I am reading Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw. In this lesson he writes: "Every if-statement must have an else." What are the benefits of ending every if-statement with an else? Are there any ...

I have a Java method with a void type of return that checks a condition. It do something in case of true and other thing in case of false, typical if / else structure, but is possible use only the if ...

Suppose I am doing an if-else clause inside a for loop. I like to structure it as for (...) if (...) // (part A) continue; //(part B) rather than for (...) if (...) ...

I have read this link Should I return from a function early or use an if statement? and it triggered a conflict in my head. I agree that it looks nicer and cleaner and I guess that would be the way I ...