From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Exception problem
Date: 1997/02/25
Date: 1997-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5eubgn$fug@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3311FD32.2DDA@fs2.assist.uci.edu
Larry Coon <larry@fs2.assist.uci.edu> writes:
>My concern is not so much related to performance as it is to the
>general axiom (at least in C++) that exception handling is meant for
>truly exceptional events, and that invalid input just doesn't qualify.
>The general rule in C++ is that exception handling shouldn't be used for
>input validation.
I don't think this "axiom" is universally accepted in the C++ community.
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-02-18 0:00 Exception problem Larry Coon
1997-02-18 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Larry Coon
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Keith Allan Shillington
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-19 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Larry Coon
1997-02-22 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1997-02-24 0:00 ` Larry Coon
1997-02-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-02-24 0:00 ` Larry Coon
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson [this message]
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Do-While Jones
1997-03-09 0:00 ` John Volan
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-12 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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