Seriously that's crazy. > -----Original Message----- > From: John C. Bland II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Try/Catch vs. direct error handling > > Wow, that is the epitomy of overkill. :-) > > In most of those cases I'd say it could be a performance hit > when you compare this code: > > <cfset length = ArrayLen(blah)> > <cfloop from="1" to="#length#" index="i"></cfloop> > > to: > > <cftry> > <cfloop...></cfloop> > <cfcatch type="any"> <!--- I guess he uses any ---> do stuff > </cfcatch> > > Why force an error when you can easily set a var and loop > through the array contents that are there? It definitely > doesn't make sense, to me at least, and seems like there > would be a slight performance difference. This is simply my > opinion though. > > On 2/15/06, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > While we are talking about try/catch's, does anybody know > if there is > > a performance hit at all (worth mentioning) when you use try catch. > > > > The main reason I ask is because I work with someone who uses > > try/catch around EVERYTHING HE EVER CODES. He will even use it to > > terminate loops and in place of if statements. > > For example, instead of a loop from 1 to arraylen() he would just > > until an array out of bounds error was thrown, and then move on. > > Or, instead of an isdefined(), he will try to access the > variable, and > > then put his <cfelse> in the catch. > > I find this over-use to be excessive, but he claims it is perfectly > > rational and has no performance implications to process > hundreds and > > hundreds of try catch's per template. > > > > Any light you guys can shed? > > > > Thanks. > > > > ~Brad > > > > > > > >
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