Re: Java 101 ? question about return values (lost)
Re: Java 101 ? question about return values (lost)
- Subject: Re: Java 101 ? question about return values (lost)
- From: WebObjects <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 22:41:03 -0700
If you don't mind writing them, I surely love reading 'em!
Thanks for the insight - 'basic' isn't as forgiving about return values, and
I was beginning to think myself a bit crazy(ier).
Have a wonderful evening.
on 5/20/05 18:56, Chuck Hill at email@hidden wrote:
> At 06:19 PM 20/05/2005 -0700, WebObjects wrote:
>> Question: I am calling a function (with boolean return value) in an
>> instantiated class like so...
>>
>> TaskReview review = new TaskReview(); //TaskReview.java is a class
>> review.GetRepsData();
>>
> To follow Java coding conventions and keep key-value coding happy,
> GetRepsData should start with a lower case g.
>
>> ....but, "GetRepsData();" is defined to return a value (a boolean). As you
>> can see, "review.GetRepsData();" doesn't assign the returned value, and
>> there are no compilation errors or runtime errors. Why?
> Um, 'cause that's how Java and most simlar languages work?
>
>> Why doesn't the
>> call to this function w/out assigning the return value create any problems?
> Why should it? Do you need more problems in your code? :-P
>
>> And where is my mandated return value disappearing to?
>>
> It is with the spirit of Dev Null in the great bit bucket in the sky.
> Gone, never to be seen again.
>
>> I realize this isn't a Java mailing list, but you've all been very generous
>> in support of Java questions in context to WO dev, and I appreciate it.
>>
> I don't know how much that helped you, but I had fun writing it. ;-) Java
> is quite happy to ignore return values. Doing something with them is fully
> optional.
>
> Chuck
>
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