From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-02-17T00:20:55+09:00
Subject: Re: how to fail initialize

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Jim wrote:

> I would like to know the correct way to fail the creating of an object.
> I would return a NULL in c/c++ but returning a nil does not to seem to
> work correctly i.e.
>
> if(obj) then do stuff
>
> OR
>
> if(obj != nil) then do stuff
>
> New to Ruby if you couldn't guess.
>

   def initialize
     raise
   end

the code is easier to work with if it either returns valid results, or raises
an exception - i removes the burden of testing return values in the client
code.

kind regards.

-a
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