On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Peter Seibel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter@gigamonkeys.com">peter@gigamonkeys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
My taste tells me that's an over-clever idiom and should not be used.<br>
If it's not clear that a function is for-effect without (values)<br>
you've already lost.<br></blockquote><div><br>I can certainly see the argument that this information primarily belongs in the doc string, and the use of (values) must not become a substitute for specifying it there.<br>
<br>As long as that is kept in mind, the practice seems harmless to me.<br><br>-- Scott<br><br></div></div><br>