On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, George Schlossnagle wrote:
>
>On Apr 15, 2004, at 9:49 AM, Jani Taskinen wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, George Schlossnagle wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2004, at 8:28 AM, Christian Schneider wrote:
>>>> No, I dislike them because they create more problems than they solve.
>>>
>>> Then don't use them. You're a bit late to the party to debate their
>>
>> But if some extension (e.g. sqlite) forces you to use them?
>> (yes, I can always use the non-OO-API, but still..)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Yep. Or use it in the documented way. I don't see what the flap is
>about. It's not mysterious. It's doc'd that constructors throw
It's not that it's hard or mysterious, it just feels that
exceptions are been pushed down the users throats,
even when it (feels like it) shouldn't be necessary.
>exceptions to signal failures. Refusal to use something in the
>documented (and standard, as far as other OO-centric languages are
>concerned) way solicits little sympathy from me.
=)
--Jani
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