Function return values revisited

[guy]

We got it... :-)
from my post to VS.NET 2005 VB.NET ng...

Subject: function return values
From: "[MS]Jo**@data.vb" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent: 7/2/2004 12:56:27 PM


Yes, you will get this warning in vs 2005. Check this
feature out in the beta1.
Also you will get a green squiggle in the function with
nice tooltips to indicate what is going on.

Jo**@data.vb

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confers no rights.

..

sorry for the cross post (dotnet.general....)

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

The time overhead of having to type Bitbucket= ...
when i dont need the return value would be more than
recovered by having bugs trapped at compile time rather
than runtime.

cheers

gu

..

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

Yeah, only a year to go.

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"guy" <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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We got it... :-)
from my post to VS.NET 2005 VB.NET ng...

Subject: function return values
From: "[MS]Jo**@data.vb" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent: 7/2/2004 12:56:27 PM

Yes, you will get this warning in vs 2005. Check this
feature out in the beta1.
Also you will get a green squiggle in the function with
nice tooltips to indicate what is going on.

Jo**@data.vb

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

.

sorry for the cross post (dotnet.general....)

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

The time overhead of having to type Bitbucket= ...
when i dont need the return value would be more than
recovered by having bugs trapped at compile time rather
than runtime.

cheers

gu

.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* =?Utf-8?B?Z3V5?= <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

I made the same suggestion some time ago.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[guy]

and I thought the Ohm was a unit of resistance ;-)

"One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )" wrote:

Yeah, only a year to go.

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"guy" <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C**********************************@microsof t.com...

We got it... :-)
from my post to VS.NET 2005 VB.NET ng...

Subject: function return values
From: "[MS]Jo**@data.vb" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent:

7/2/2004 12:56:27 PM

Yes, you will get this warning in vs 2005. Check this
feature out in the beta1.
Also you will get a green squiggle in the function with
nice tooltips to indicate what is going on.

Jo**@data.vb

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

.

sorry for the cross post (dotnet.general....)

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

The time overhead of having to type Bitbucket= ...
when i dont need the return value would be more than
recovered by having bugs trapped at compile time rather
than runtime.

cheers

gu

.

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

I resist that statement, and now I'm going to wander into neighbouring
magnetic field and ride over wheatstone bridge on my megacycle.

;-)

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"guy" <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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and I thought the Ohm was a unit of resistance ;-)

"One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )" wrote:

Yeah, only a year to go.

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .

Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

"guy" <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C**********************************@microsof t.com...

We got it... :-)
from my post to VS.NET 2005 VB.NET ng...

Subject: function return values
From: "[MS]Jo**@data.vb" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent:

7/2/2004 12:56:27 PM

Yes, you will get this warning in vs 2005. Check this
feature out in the beta1.
Also you will get a green squiggle in the function with
nice tooltips to indicate what is going on.

Jo**@data.vb

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

.

sorry for the cross post (dotnet.general....)

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

The time overhead of having to type Bitbucket= ...
when i dont need the return value would be more than
recovered by having bugs trapped at compile time rather
than runtime.

cheers

gu

.

[guy]

Well Herfried, it was probabaly your suggestion MS responded to, mine was only a couple of days ago;-)

guy

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

* =?Utf-8?B?Z3V5?= <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:

It would be really nice if we could have an
Option VeryStrict (or similar)
that caused a compilation warning or error for function
calls that did not assign return values
eg
Split(MyString,",")
instead of
MyArray = Split(MyString,",")

I made the same suggestion some time ago.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* =?Utf-8?B?Z3V5?= <gu*@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:

Well Herfried, it was probabaly your suggestion MS responded to, mine was only a couple of days ago;-)

Microsoft isn't always clear about what answer to give, but I am sure
they noted the request.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>