-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 27. September 2003 10:43 schrieb Jeroen Frijters: > Per Bothner wrote: > > >>We discussed this in March, and there was agreement that we > > >>should use use UnsupportedOperationException. > > >> > > >>See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2003-03/msg00016.html > > > > > > Its never too late to rethink something. > > > > But unless one is aware of previous discussion (and even if one > > is), much time may be wasted. So far I haven't seen any reason > > why we need to re-consider the previous consensus. > > I just re-read the previous discussion and there Andrew Haley wrote: > > UnsupportedOperationException is a good choice. Any subclass of > > Error is not, because according to the spec Error "indicates > > serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to > > catch." > > IMNSHO, this is *exactly* why we must define a new exception > derived from Error. An unimplemented method *is* a serious problem > that a reasonable application should not try to catch. > > So, I think it is an extremely bad idea to use > UnsupportedOperationException (or a subclass of it).
Have you misread Andrew's comment ? I read it exaclty the other way around then you. Michael - -- Homepage: http://www.worldforge.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/dVD3WSOgCCdjSDsRArN/AJ9PrMom242bOP0UN8OjtQJPDzbimwCeNQoS siqmZamyzq0EJYV/3UwQ3N4= =uxdc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
