Hello List! Does WServer::start() ever return false, or does it always signal error conditions by throwing exceptions?
I find the documentation either contradictory or ambiguous. Thanks. On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:23 AM, K. Frank <kfrank2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List! > > I have two questions about WServer error handling: > > (This is wt-3.3.3 compiled with mingw-w64 on windows 7.) > ... > My second questions is about the WServer documentation and > error handling. > > The documentation for WServer::start(): > > WTCONNECTOR_API bool Wt::WServer::start() > > Starts the server in the background. > > Returns whether the server could be successfully started. > > Exceptions > Exception: indicates a problem starting the server. > > This seems to be saying that when WServer::start() encounters > an error (regardless of whether my above example counts as > an error), the error condition is reported by returning false and > by throwing an exception. Of course, you can't actually do > both. > > Are there two different classes of WServer::start() errors (maybe > for historical reasons), some of which are reported with a false > return value, and others that are reported with a thrown exception? > > Anyway, what are the recommended best practices for handling > WServer::start() error conditions? > > Thanks. > > K. Frank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ witty-interest mailing list witty-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/witty-interest
