Comments on: Consulting Chronicles #6: Refactoring https://jessewarden.com/2012/04/consulting-chronicles-6-refactoring.html Software | Fitness | Gaming Sat, 06 Jul 2013 02:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: JesterXL https://jessewarden.com/2012/04/consulting-chronicles-6-refactoring.html/comment-page-1#comment-243670 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:29:02 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=3080#comment-243670 In reply to Alan Shaw.

Oh yeah, and good point, thanks for bringing it up.

]]> By: JesterXL https://jessewarden.com/2012/04/consulting-chronicles-6-refactoring.html/comment-page-1#comment-243669 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:28:34 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=3080#comment-243669 In reply to Alan Shaw.

I saw the quote:

…My billion dollar mistake…

lol! I’d say it’s wayyyyyyyy more than a billion, but I still love him.

]]> By: Alan Shaw https://jessewarden.com/2012/04/consulting-chronicles-6-refactoring.html/comment-page-1#comment-243668 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:05:38 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=3080#comment-243668 Excellent advice. I’ll just add one thing: try NOT to return null; try not to burden the consumer with testing for null. For example, if the consumer is expecting a list, return an empty list. For entertainment, watch the video on infoq in which Tony Hoare apologizes for inventing null.

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