Comments on: How to return an array – null or empty? http://ray.jez.net/how-to-return-an-array-null-or-empty/ AllThingsR Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:51:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Griffin Caprio http://ray.jez.net/how-to-return-an-array-null-or-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Griffin Caprio Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:37:00 +0000 /jez/archive/2005/04/08/7615.aspx#comment-889 Removing the burden from the developer in the case of nulls is the basis of the Null Object pattern: <br /> <br /><a target="_new" href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?NullObject">http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?NullObject</a> <br /> <br />It comes is very handy. Removing the burden from the developer in the case of nulls is the basis of the Null Object pattern:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?NullObject

It comes is very handy.

]]> By: Wesner Moise http://ray.jez.net/how-to-return-an-array-null-or-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Wesner Moise Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:12:00 +0000 /jez/archive/2005/04/08/7615.aspx#comment-888 See my post on <a target="_new" href="http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2004/02/empty_arrays.html">http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2004/02/empty_arrays.html</a> <br /> <br />why Empty Arrays are preferred and need not result in additional memory usage (since empty arrays are immutable and thus sharable). See my post on http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2004/02/empty_arrays.html

why Empty Arrays are preferred and need not result in additional memory usage (since empty arrays are immutable and thus sharable).

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