[ruby-talk:16015] tryreturn - names and intentions

Hiya all again! :-)

As I'm not explaining things or naming things, here is some more
thougths about "try return" like things.

My original hate of if-then-return comes from code like:
| result = doTheFooThing
| if result
|   return result
| end

I know, I know; there are shorter versions to do the same thing,
but that is code I originally used, because I think that:
 a) variable names should be meaningful words, not just i,j,r or t
 b) code should be "bug revealing" [bugs can be real bugs or just
    flaws in thinking]
 c) coming from VC++ debugging background

Now, after doing that kind of code thousand times (in C++, Java and
Python; and lately in Ruby; newbie alert - defector) I just thought
one language could make a difference.

Enter "try-return" names

| tryreturn doTheFooThing
was my first working name for idea; it tries to to state intention
"try to return, if that return is meaningful"

| tryturn doTheFooThing
was my shorter version; really bad one, do not use it; bad bad bad;
it does not state intention or is not even a word (I think?)

| done? doTheFooThing
was third name in search for something with meaning for intention

| ifreturn doTheFooThing
this one was seen in my one mail reply, when looking some oneliner
done by someone else; intention is there, but is it enough?

| returnif doTheFooThing
was afterthougth for ifreturn; it has familiarity with return and
also states iffy part

| some-other-name-not-known doTheFooThing
what is your name for that if-then-return or assign-return-if
thing?; feel free to express yourself!

| enough? doTheFooThing
??? where did that come from ???

-Jippo

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