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Opened 9 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#3133 closed Feature Request (Rejected)

Win* functions to set @error or @extended flag in case of fail / timeout

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Milestone: Component: AutoIt
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Description

Now Win* functions have only one return value:

Success: a handle to the window.
Failure: 0 if the window is not found.

Success: a string containing the complete window title.
Failure: "" if the window is not found.

and so on. I think it would produce more readable, simpler code if
Win* functions also can set @error or @extended flag in case of fail or timeout

Maybe same could be applied to other functions with only one return value

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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by BrewManNH

  • Resolution set to Rejected
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How would that make the code more readable or simpler? It already tells you it's failed by not returning 1, I don't see any gain to be made by adding an error code that has no meaning.

It's just as readable and, frankly, simpler to write this:

If WinActive("Notepad") Then

As it is to write this

WinActive("Notepad")
If @error Then
;~ or
If @error <> 0 Then

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