Re: [q-lang-users] Special values or failing functions

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

Alexander Nickolsky scripsit:

>   I do not think it's very readable. Wouldn't it be nice to have a
>   common 'special' value like nil or NULL or whatever, to indicate
>   failure ?

Any value for which there are no reduction rules will serve the
purpose, since failure in Q just means being in normal form already.
So just write "const NULL;" at the top of your code, and all will be
well.

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