Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Nit

[Robert Collins]

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 14:59, Tom Lord wrote:

>       1) Reduce exceptions to something not significantly different
>            from error codes
> 
>         2) _Aren't_guaranteed_to_be_correctly_compiled_!
> 
> In other words, the only way to robustly use exceptions in the
> interface to a general-purpose Java library, other than in libraries
> that call no code other than that they themselves define, is to not
> use them at all!

Have you read that Boost exceptions paper referenced earlier in this
thread? It makes a good case that exceptions in generic components do
make sense, as long as you are clear what exception contract you are
offering.

Rob
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