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if 1: return True (sh.itjust.works)

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Soy 0 got truthmogged by chad 1 😎

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 months ago

And it’s an error code from a library call, because false means the call succeeded.

[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

This is the way. Exceptions are overrated.

[-] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I used to use enums for my return codes.

Then I got pissed I had to add my enum definition to every project I worked on.

I now return integers based on errno

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