Indeed.  The try block is the 'happy path' but any other path is quite
normal too.

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:

> So checked "exceptions" are to handle situations that, although not ideal,
> are still far from exceptional?
>
>
> On 23 September 2010 20:21, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Because there's use in having the compiler be your pair programmer.
>> It's nice when your compiler tells you: Hey, uh, did you think about
>> FileNotFoundException?
>>
>> I'm just asking for the ability to say: Yes, I did, thanks for
>> reminding me - without having to jump through bizarre hoops like you
>> have to do today.
>>
>> That's what checked exceptions ought to be: This condition is usually
>> both expectable and handleable, so please remind my API user.
>>
>> On Sep 23, 9:01 pm, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <
>> [email protected]>wrote:
>> >
>> > > Obviously, when sneakyThrows becomes part of the language, you remove
>> > > the compile-time restriction that you can't catch checked exceptions
>> > > that nothing in the try body throws. We're discussing an idea here, I
>> > > didn't feel the need to submit an entire spec.
>> >
>> > Why invent "sneakyThrows" when you could just drop the checked
>> requirement?
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