BlockContext and returns...
Benoit St-Jean
bstjean at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 22 01:57:27 UTC 2002
Is there any reason to return from inside a block
rather than returning the value of the expression when
both are the same. Besides the fact that it sometimes
makes the code more clear, I don't get it?
For instance why would you write:
anObject isFoo
ifTrue: [^#foo]
ifFalse: [^#bar]
instead of:
^anObject isFoo
ifTrue: [#foo]
ifFalse: [#bar]
There are a few occurences of this within Squeak. For
instance, Object>>isKindOf: is like that. Is there
anything special about the VM or BlockContext that
would make the first solution "faster or better". I
always thought that clean blocks was the way to go and
that you should always try to avoid returning from
inside a block when possible, so what's the deal here?
Just curious.
BTW, if you look at senders of ifTrue:ifFalse: (or
vice-versa) you only get a few methods... Is it
broken or that is the normal "behavior" since that
"message" is inlined and not reaaly a message send?
Thanks.
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