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Re: undefined keyword variables [message #17622 is a reply to message #17531]

Sun, 31 October 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Mati Meron (meron@cars3.uchicago.edu) writes:

>> Well, because you expect decent programmers to test any
>> variable they expect to receive and define default values
>> if one is not passed in. (As well as testing for data type
>> and structure, but who among us does this except under
>> exceptional conditions?)
>>
> That's where you need function like my Default, which does both.

And that function is ... where, Mati? For those of us
who have forgotten to bookmark your very useful collection
of programs.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: undefined keyword variables By: meron on Mon, 01 November 1999 00:00
		Re: undefined keyword variables By: Liam Gumley on Sun, 31 October 1999 00:00
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		Re: undefined keyword variables By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 03 November 1999 00:00
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