RE: java.lang.Float fields

[Daniel Rall]

> If you put them in the
> method decl, then the compiler will force any callers to catch them or
> declare that they throw the method instead of allowing them to propagate
> upward silently as normal.

Is this also true for RuntimeExceptions?  I could be mistaken, but from what
Paul was saying it looked like these were exempt from the try/catch or
throws exception rules.