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From: "Joachim Durchholz" <joachim dot durchholz@halstenbach.com>
Subject: Re: Design by Contract (was Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel)
Date: 2000/07/16
Date: 2000-07-16T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8kt1eb$34jh1$1@ID-9852.news.cis.dfn.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01HW.B59443DD000A71F808C44DCC@news.pacbell.net

David Kristola <David95037@See-My.Sig> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:12:53 -0700, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>
> > or
> >   find_minimum_in (h: HEAP)
> >   require
> >     not h.is_empty
>
> Depending on the implementation of the heap, this too would
> probably cause some sort of exception to be raised if the
> heap were empty.

The difference is that the exception will happen before the routine is
even called. The responsibility for the exception will clearly be the
caller's. If the exception happens somewhere inside the routine, you
need another analysis stept to find out which part of the code is really
responsible for the problem.

Regards,
Joachim
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2000-07-13  0:00             ` Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00               ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-16  0:00                 ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-16  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-13  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-12  0:00                               ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-07-13  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-23  0:00                                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-07-23  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-24  0:00                                       ` swhalen
2000-07-24  0:00                                       ` David Gillon
2000-07-24  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-24  0:00                                     ` David Gillon
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2000-07-13  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-13  0:00                                 ` Marin D. Condic
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2000-07-13  0:00                           ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-13  0:00                             ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                               ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-16  0:00                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-16  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-19  0:00                                   ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-19  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-12  0:00                                   ` David K Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David K Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David K Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-07-13  0:00                                           ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-18  0:00                                           ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                             ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-19  0:00                                               ` Bob Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Bob Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Bob Allen
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-14  0:00                                             ` Marin D. Condic
2000-07-14  0:00                                             ` carr_tom
2000-07-18  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` David Gillon
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` David Gillon
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` David K Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                           ` Bob Allen
2000-07-13  0:00                                             ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-18  0:00                                               ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                                 ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-18  0:00                                       ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                         ` David Gillon
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2000-07-14  0:00                               ` Nick Williams
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2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` cropt
2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Peter Amey
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Peter Amey
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Bob Allen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` David Starner
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-11  0:00                                   ` Aspects (Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel) tom
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Steve Merrick
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Frank Mitchell
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` Jubilation
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Frank Mitchell
2000-07-15  0:00                                             ` Jubilation
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` tom
2000-07-12  0:00                                   ` Design by Contract (was " David Kristola
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Greg
2000-07-12  0:00                                         ` Eirik Mangseth
2000-07-13  0:00                                       ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-14  0:00                                         ` David Kristola
2000-07-14  0:00                                           ` Matthew J Heaney
2000-07-16  0:00                                           ` Joachim Durchholz [this message]
2000-07-17  0:00                                             ` David Kristola
2000-07-19  0:00                                               ` Joachim Durchholz
2000-07-25  0:00                                                 ` Richard Riehle
2000-07-12  0:00                                     ` Greg
2000-07-12  0:00                                       ` Matthew J Heaney
2000-07-13  0:00                                         ` Eirik Mangseth
2000-07-18  0:00                               ` Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
2000-07-19  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-29  0:00                               ` Writing better software was: Design by Contract (was Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel) Kent Paul Dolan
2000-07-29  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-31  0:00                                   ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-08-01  0:00                                   ` Kent Paul Dolan
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Ken Garlington
2000-07-31  0:00                                 ` Simon Brady
2000-07-30  0:00                                   ` John Magness
2000-08-01  0:00                                     ` Simon Brady
2000-08-01  0:00                                       ` Simon Brady
2000-08-04  0:00                                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-08-04  0:00                                           ` Simon Brady
2000-08-01  0:00                                       ` Ken Garlington
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2000-07-18  0:00                         ` Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
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