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From: Ell <ell@access5.digex.net>
Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops)
Date: 1998/09/17
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In comp.object Reimer Behrends <behrends@cse.msu.edu> wrote:

: It should, however, be noted that there are those who as a general rule
: don't use exceptions at all, with the obvious benefits alluded to by
: Robert Martin.  Also, using single-entry/single-exit in such a strict
: fashion allows you to view _any_ code block as an abstract unit, with
: the added benefit that you can decompose and restructure complex code
: almost at will.

At the point of each one of the mutiple exits the post-conditions for the
code block as a whole can be checked.  "Multiple exits" do not mean that
each exit must immediately leave the code block without some form of
checking.

Elliott
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