RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures)

> From: Peter Dow (ML)
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Regarding your 2nd point, I've run into that more than once, and find
that
> simply having the procedure put the value to be returned into a
temporary
> variable takes care of the problem.

I agree, you CAN have multiple returns if you take a little bit of care
in so doing.  And the concept of "return (b + c)" can be difficult to
debug even if it's the only return in the routine.

The point is that, in just about any of these arguments, it's not a
religious issue, it's simply a practical one.  Write your code as if
someone other than you will be debugging it, because chances are that
will be the case.  Avoid "clever" code because even if it's you doing
the debugging, it may well be a different you -- one who forgot why you
did the clever programming in the first place <grin>.

(And if you guessed that I'm speaking from experience, you'd be
correct!)

Joe