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if (value != null)
{
     return value;
}
else  // this statement would be superfluous, but it does add a extra visual marker to
{      // indicate the two different paths that the thread could take, based on the value.
     return defaultvalue;
}

<blockquote class="FQ"><div class="FQA">Eddy Vluggen wrote:</div>     <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (value != <SPAN class="code-keyword">null</SPAN>)
     {
          <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> value;
     }
<B>     <SPAN class="code-keyword">else</SPAN></B>  <SPAN class="code-comment">//</SPAN><SPAN class="code-comment"> this statement would be superfluous, but it does add a extra visual marker to
</SPAN>     {      <SPAN class="code-comment">//</SPAN><SPAN class="code-comment"> indicate the two different paths that the thread could take, based on the value.
</SPAN>          <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> defaultvalue;
     }</blockquote>

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