On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Graham Reitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the preferred method to halt a cocoa application on a runtime error > occurring in the initWithFrame method?
For programming errors, like "you called me with inconsistent arguments!", Cocoa typically uses exceptions. You can use NSAssert as a convenience for throwing exceptions on supposedly unreachable conditions. For softer errors that the programmer cannot control and you'd like to actually tell the user about, like inability to read a file from disk, Cocoa uses NSError. These are user presentable errors, displayed in a sheet most often, possibly with recovery options. It sounds to me like you're in the first category. See <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Exceptions/Exceptions.html> for more detail. NSError is discussed at <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ErrorHandlingCocoa/ErrorHandling/chapter_1_section_1.html>. -Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
