On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 at 14:19:42 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On 6/10/18 7:59 PM, Bauss wrote:
What is the point of nothrow if it can only detect when
Exception is thrown and not when Error is thrown?
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It seems like the attribute is useless because you can't
really use it as protection to write bugless, safe code since
the nasty bugs will pass by just fine.
Array invalid index throws Error, and asserts throw Error. I'm
not sure how much you could accomplish without such features.
In fact, I'd consider these ESSENTIAL to writing safe code.
Bug-free code is a myth :)
-Steve
Both are cases that the compiler __could__ warn you about
potential possibility of them being thrown and thus allowing you
to write code that makes sure it doesn't happen.
Ex.
int a = array[400];
Could yield a warning stating a possible a out of bounds error.
Where:
int a = array.length >= 401 ? array[400] : 0;
Wouldn't because you're handling the case.
What I'm trying to say it would be nice to catch certain
situations like that (of course not possible with all) because
you'll end up having to handle them anyway after the error is
thrown.
