On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Consider:
>
> try {
> ...
> } catch (Exception) {
> ...
> } catch (StdioException) {
> ...
> }
>
> The second handler never matches because StdioException is a subclass of
> Exception, so the first handler will always match whatever the second matches.
>
> Should that be a compile-time error? I think so.
>
>
> Andrei
Alternate thought.. should order matter or should it automatically sort
such that most specific catch is preferred. Sort of matches the
declaration order doesn't (ok, shouldn't) matter philosophy.
