hehe...that makes more sense :-)
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: Conor Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:45:28 +1300
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Is this ropey practice?
> Hey Jeremy,
>
> Check again - you missed the word EMPTY. ;-)
>
> Structured exception handling (try..excepts, finally etc.) as found in
> Delphi (and now the .NET languages) is what I would consider an
> essential
> part of programming these days.
>
> I will not use/allow the following structures:
> try
> DoSomething;
> except
> {Ignore all possible exceptions}
> end;
>
> or
>
> try
> DoSomething;
> except
> on Exception do; {Swallow any exception}
> end;
>
> Actually, I will ALWAYS check for a specific class of exception in an
> exception handler.
>
> E.g. I would do
>
> try
> DoSomething;
> except
> on Exception do begin
> HandleException;
> end;
> end;
>
> instead of
>
> try
> DoSomething;
> except
> HandleException; {This is a no-no for me too}
> end;
>
> Hope that clarifies things.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Conor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Conor. You OUTLAW try and except? is that right?
>
> Thats kinda "Interesting"
> How do you check a string that contains a date, IS a date?
> i.e.
>
> try
> StrToDate(mytString)
> except
> Showmessage('opps that not a date')
> end;
>
> I know this is not a GREAT example but you get what I mean.
> Are you saying that you write a long or complicated function ot
> procedure to parse the string and work out if its a date at all?
> If this is the casse, surly the above is the more effienct.
>
> I am making some assumptions here obviously.
>
> Jeremy
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