2010/3/9 Hernan Wilkinson <[email protected]>

> I haven't read the chapter yet, but there is something that bothers me a
> little about the Exception hierarchy... what I've seen lately is that
> Exceptions are not used only as exceptions but as a why to get context
> information (for example Seaside with WACurrentRequestContext), notify about
> an event (for example the Notification class and subclasses), etc.
> Despite if it is a good idea to solve this issues with exceptions, calling
> Exception to the root of the hierarchy makes a lot of noise (at least to
> me... I mean, a Notification is not an Exception, something you were not
> expecting... getting the current context has nothing to do with an
> exception...)... So, have you think about changing the name to that class
> and making the protocol simpler (at least for the root of the hierarchy) so
> all these types of uses fit better than they do today? (for example,
> retrying a notification looks like no sense, the same for
> wacurrentrequestcontext)
> I think that the idea of "crawling" on the execution stack or the execution
> flow have more sense as metaphor to look for another name...
> Anyway, just a thought.
>

+1.



> Bye,
> Hernan.
>
> 2010/3/3 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>
>
> Thanks laurent
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *laurent laffont <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *March 3, 2010 10:09:32 PM GMT+01:00
>> *To: *Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: **Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo by Example vol 2: new chapter
>> available*
>>
>> Some notes:
>>
>> Page 1: The basic idea behing exception .... I would expect a schema to
>> show the workflow.
>>
>> Page 8: When an exception is signaled, the exception handling mechanism
>> ....I've read it 3 times (for something finally quite simple), maybe it
>> needs a sequence diagram or reformulation.
>>
>> Section 1.15: How exceptions are implemented. I had to read several times
>> to understand, lot of informations to handle at once.
>>
>> Page 27 (bottom): For example, in method 1.1 ... specify "on page 19" or
>> put the snippet again so we can easily compare with method 1.2.
>>
>> I like the "real code" examples. The "How..." sections too.
>>
>> When not to use Exceptions:   not to "hide errors". I have too many times
>> seen try ... catch ... to hide errors to the users.
>>
>> Maybe add a "When to use Exceptions" section,  reminding the "Crash early"
>> principle.
>>
>> Laurent Laffont
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys
>>>
>>> We just released a new chapter for Pharo by Example Vol.2 on Exceptions
>>> http://pharobyexample.org/
>>>
>>> Let us know what you think.
>>>
>>> Stef
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