> Either. But in general use ^self  rather than ^nil
> so that it acts the same as the implicit ^self when you drop out the end of
> a method.

+1.  Senders might want to cascade.

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> Bob Arning wrote:
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> I prefer the first - it gets one case out of the way quickly.
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> Cheers,
> Bob
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> On 10/23/13 10:12 AM, Louis LaBrunda wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm about to write a method where I need to test whether to do something or
> just get out.  What is the best practices way to do this?  For example:
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> (a = b) ifTrue: [^nil].
> *The code that does the work*
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> or:
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> (a = b) ifFalse: [
>     *The code that does the work*
> ].
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> I think the second is better style but I have used both.  Generally using
> the first when *The code that does the work* is long and the second when it
> is short.
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> Is there any speed difference between them?  I doubt it but I thought I
> would ask anyway.
>
> Lou
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