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From: George.Emery@p42.f369.n105.z1.fidonet.org (George Emery)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: JPI M2 2.00 - PROCEDURE FUNCTIONS & ERROR CHECKING
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Date: 26 Jul 90 01:21:12 GMT
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 >     PROCEDURE function (whatever: WhateverType): ReturnType;
 >     BEGIN
 >     END function;

 >       1)   The name of your Modula-2 compiler plus its version.

TDI Modula-2 for the Atari ST, Developer's Version 3.00b

 >       2)   Do you receive a compile-time or run-time error for
 >            the above procedure?

Run-time error: No return from a function

 >       3)   What is your preference and why?

I'd prefer a compile-time error because it's nice to know about a problem
before it gets to run-time and requires extra debugging effort.  Pat Terry
is correct, however, and run-time checking shouldn't be ignored in this
example.


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