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On 26.06.12 15:07, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> They are contracts when checked statically and implementations when checked
> dynamically. 

What do pre/post implement, if so, in your view?


> Contract violation => terminate. Exceptional state => recover.

How does a client do make the program recover if an exception
stands for "unforeseen"?

Or is an exception just a special value of a type, a value
with an "exception" label that is nothing special, but allows
an elaborate goto?