Re: Why catch (NullPointerException e)?

[igor]

 ---- you wrote: 
> I agree, however, the explicit null check will slow down the execution 
> speed of applets.

Why? In case of a JIT or compiled Java for applets "if (sm != null)" will be branch 
predicted and cause no harm at all. Moreover, AFAIK try/catch in general produce more 
code and even if it is never executed it still can cause more processor cache misses.

Regards, Igor

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