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-1: Justify "null is evil".

deworde
– deworde

2012-03-30 17:19:25 +00:00
Commented Mar 30, 2012 at 17:19
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Defining an alias for a number doesn't change the fact that it's still a magic number.

17 of 26
– 17 of 26

2012-03-30 17:33:52 +00:00
Commented Mar 30, 2012 at 17:33
Well, perhaps you have a different definition of magic number than I do. Please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Jon Strayer
– Jon Strayer

2012-04-02 14:13:46 +00:00
Commented Apr 2, 2012 at 14:13
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I agree with Jon Strayer here. Null is an example of a ADT in a language that doesn't actually support ADT's. The OP can probably get away with it here but in general I consider any language that has null to have failed it's programmers slightly.

Jeremy Wall
– Jeremy Wall

2012-04-03 03:35:06 +00:00
Commented Apr 3, 2012 at 3:35

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