How to fail initialize

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I would like to know the correct way to fail the creating of an object.
I would return a NULL in c/c++ but returning a nil does not to seem to
work correctly i.e.

if(obj) then do stuff

OR

if(obj != nil) then do stuff

New to Ruby if you couldn't guess.

Jim.

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def initialize
     raise
   end

the code is easier to work with if it either returns valid results, or raises
an exception - i removes the burden of testing return values in the client
code.

kind regards.

-a

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On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Jim wrote:

I would like to know the correct way to fail the creating of an object.
I would return a NULL in c/c++ but returning a nil does not to seem to
work correctly i.e.

if(obj) then do stuff

OR

if(obj != nil) then do stuff

New to Ruby if you couldn't guess.

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we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better.
simply reflect on that.
- the dalai lama

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Thanks for quick response, I decided to do error testing before creating
object thus removing the problem, I find exception handling messy.

Thanks,
Jim.

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