[saga-rg] Re: ISSUE 131

[Pascal Kleijer]

Hi,

In Java "null" exists and is used a lot. But if an action fails 
returning null might not always be the best solution, an Exception can 
also be thrown. If the returned object must be non null w/o exception an 
empty string is preferable. I would say it is a case by case problem 
during the implementation however it can be specified in the spec if the 
case is clear.


Andre Merzky wrote:
> Quoting [Andre Merzky] (Apr 20 2006):
>>  131) clearify what a NULL string/object is we sometimes return
>>       - OPEN, URGENT
>>
>> iObvious again.  Opinions?  Should that even go into the
>> API spec, or into the language bindings?  What should we say
>> in the spec?
> 
> No opinion.
> 
> I think NULL does not make sense for Java and Fortran (Is
> that true?) so I guess it should stay out of the general
> spec.
> 
> I changed all occurences to either throw, or empty string
> returns etc.  There are only a couple of places where we
> used NULL anyway.
> 
>> Volonteers?
>>
>> Cheers, Andre
> 
> Cheers, Andre.
> 


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Best regards,
Pascal Kleijer

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