You’re better off using Exceptions

Re:You’re better off using Exceptions by majewsky on Monday February 03, 2020 @01:29PM (#22227282)

Then you fill in a complex form with 6 object references, and the framework just spits out "NOT FOUND", which means "have fun figuring out which one is the missing object".

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Re:You’re better off using Exceptions by joshuamorton on Monday February 03, 2020 @01:59PM (#22227616)

`raise MissingField(field_name)` solves this problem.

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Re:You’re better off using Exceptions by ravenstine on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:01PM (#22227633)

At which point you end up doing the same work you would have had to do in the first place, except with extra lines for exception handling. ;)

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