error and exit statements

[WindAndWaves]

Hi everyone

It is common practice to write

Exit_Some: 'A
Exit Sub|Function

Err_Some: 'B
resume exit_some

However, in my work I call line A it and line B err, is there something
wrong with simplifying this????

it: 'A
Exit Sub|Function

err: 'B
resume exit_some


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[Larry Linson]

Err is a reserved word, I believe, and using reserved words as labels can
mislead. As far as I know, "it" is 'safe', and you may get by with using
'err' depending on the context. Personally, I like my labels to be
reasonably descriptive -- strange as it may seem, there have been times when
I have had to come back months later to fix or modify a database application
and I appreciate that the person who created and maintained it has left
readable code.

Long, long ago, I had to revisit an application and found the person who
created it had _not_ left readable code. Unfortunately, the person who
created it was me. It was a lesson I have not forgotten.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
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Hi everyone

It is common practice to write

Exit_Some: 'A
Exit Sub|Function

Err_Some: 'B
resume exit_some

However, in my work I call line A it and line B err, is there something
wrong with simplifying this????

it: 'A
Exit Sub|Function

err: 'B
resume exit_some


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[WindAndWaves]

The reason that I use the same name in all the function is:

1. easy to read
2. less to type
3. all functions have an error and exit statement.
4. to do find-replace actions across the project
5. so that I can copy one function into another (when developing) and not
having to change the error and exit statement (this reason also applies
when you change the name of the function).

I will change the err: to ers: so it will not be confused with the err
function

Thank you Larry
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