A Guard Clause (one of the SmalltalkBestPracticePatterns, and equally applicable in a whole bunch of languages) is a chunk of code at the top of a function (or block) that serves a similar purpose to a Precondition. It typically does one (or any or all) of the following: checks the passed-in parameters, and returns with ... Read more
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Disclaimer I’ll be honest, I’m not a raving fan of object-orientation. Of course, this article is going to be biased. However, I have good reasons to dislike OOP. I also understand that criticism of OOP is a very sensitive topic — I will probably offend many readers. However, I’m doing what I think is right. ... Read more