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• Exception debate (Score:2)

  by lachoy (1663)

  FWIW, I've noticed more discussion of whether checked exceptions in Java are worth the effort, particularly since they're not implemented in C#. There's a good writeup [mindview.net] on the issues from Bruce Eckel, along with some related discussion [mindview.net].
  • Re:Exception debate (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Absolutely wonderful writeup! That definitely makes the think that checked exceptions might not be the WunderTool that I thought. The problem appears to lie in programmers being pressed for time and thus "swallowing" exceptions with the intent to come back to them later. We all know what a lie "I'll do it tomorrow" is :)

    try {
      doSomethingWith(foo);
    } catch (SomeException e) {} /* exception swallowed */

    Knowing full well that I'm often under the gun at work, I could easily see myself doing t
• Closures (Score:2)

  by Matts (1087)

  Watch out for the closures issue with Error.pm. I wrote about this in my exceptions talk here [axkit.org].
  • Re:Closures (Score:1)

    by vbeilin (3813)

    perhaps here? [axkit.org]
  • Re:Closures (Score:2)

    by Matts (1087)

    Ooops, I meant 2002 not 2003.
  • Re:Closures (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    That's a great article. Thank you very much. That was certainly a pitfall that I was not anticipating