From: Paul Brannan Date: 2002-03-20T10:32:11+09:00 Subject: Re: style choice On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 08:41:10AM +0900, Ron Jeffries wrote: > like like if/end a little less than I like the dual exit. We commonly do that > early exit in Smalltalk with a pattern called Guard Clause. In C++, there is the "Guard Pattern", which sounds similar but completely different. Could you give an example of a Guard Clause so that those of us not familiar with Smalltalk could get a better idea what this is? Paul