posted 20 years ago
ThisThing ThatThing TheOtherThing and AnyOldThing ... starts to sound like Abbot & Costello! Anyhow, good example. This is a valuable trick when creating ItsAlwaysSomeThingIsntIt is very expensive - maybe a call to a remote server somewhere - and you may or may not ever need it. You spend time getting only the data you need, and the client who calls this method never knows about any complexity. All good.
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi