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// similar to...
for (int i = 0; i < limit; ++i) { ... }

// you can have
NoThrow (var <out>; Func<T>; <result on throw>);

// so your example becomes
string result;
NoThrow (result; dodgyApi.GetValue(); "I.M.Foo.Bar");

string result ^ dodgyApi.GetValue();

Foothill wrote:

To those of who still use pointers (even in .Net), using (*) might be a little confusing

using System;

namespace InMemoriamMaunder
{
    public enum DodgyResult
    {
        ResultNull,
        ResultOkay,
        ResultError
    }

    public static class DodgyUtilities
    {
        public static DodgyResult TryGetValueFromDodgy<T1,T2>(T1 t1, ref T2 t2, Func<T1,T2> func)
        {
            try
            {
                t2 = func(t1);
    
                if (t2 == null)
                {
                    return DodgyResult.ResultNull;
                }
                else
                {
                    return DodgyResult.ResultOkay;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return DodgyResult.ResultError;
            }
        }
    }
}

Chris Maunder wrote:

Or am I setting a new standard for lazy, shameful programming here this hot, lazy afternoon?

#pragma OnError ResumeNext

Chris Maunder wrote:

string result = DodgyApi.GetValue*();

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Customer service is over twice as important as attention to detail. So: it doesn't have to work - you just have to be really good at convincing them that this is normal.

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