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From: Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: ada paper critic
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:16:46 GMT
Date: 2002-06-14T22:16:46+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dstanbro-3384C9.08152215062002@news-server.bigpond.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: yDQOeSu3jWKl@eisner.encompasserve.org

(Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> > ...and doesn't the fact that the only way to attach information
> > to an exception is via a string, requiring conversions  to/from
> > the appropriate format just to find out what -really- went wrong?
> 
> The spirit of exception processing is that it is supposed to be done
> on an infrequent basis.  Performing giant sort in Cobol is more costly
> than a simple multiplication in the same language.

?Maybe, but when you do need to use it, you may want to attach
information to the exception so that you can determine what
went wrong more precisely. 

Java allows you to throw objects descended from the Exception class;
this seems like it could be quite handy at times.

I've not used it though, so i'm not sure -how- useful it is.

Dale



  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-14 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 135+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-14  0:49 ada paper critic Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14  1:28 ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14  1:43   ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-14  4:53     ` David Marceau
2002-06-14  6:40       ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-14  6:49       ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-14 12:18       ` Baugereau
2002-06-14 16:30         ` David Marceau
2002-06-14 17:34           ` Baugereau
2002-06-14 19:01             ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-14 19:43               ` Baugereau
2002-06-15  3:02                 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2002-06-15  9:49                   ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-17 15:53                     ` Dan Andreatta
2002-06-17 18:20                       ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-17 20:56                     ` Michael Bode
2002-06-17 21:18                       ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-16 21:52                   ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14 20:02     ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14  3:14   ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14  4:35     ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-14  8:05       ` David Marceau
2002-06-14 12:31         ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-14 15:08         ` Darren New
2002-06-17  0:17           ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-14 19:05         ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-16  3:34           ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-16  3:32         ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-14  8:25       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-06-14 12:19         ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14 14:51           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-06-14 15:09             ` Darren New
2002-06-16 22:49               ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-06-16 15:07                 ` Jim Rogers
2002-06-17  4:06                   ` Darren New
2002-06-17  4:52                     ` Jim Rogers
2002-06-17  9:45                       ` David Marceau
2002-06-17 15:42                       ` Darren New
2002-06-17  3:59                 ` Darren New
2002-06-17 22:19                   ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-06-14 12:58       ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-14 22:16         ` Dale Stanbrough [this message]
2002-06-15  1:22           ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-15  0:51             ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-15 11:49               ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-15 21:45             ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-14 14:59       ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-16  3:27         ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-16 22:18           ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-16 22:38           ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14 15:00       ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14 20:13         ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-14 18:52       ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-15 22:03         ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-16  1:58           ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-16  3:19             ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-16 22:20         ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-17  1:57           ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17  2:16           ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-14 15:25   ` John R. Strohm
2002-06-15  4:05     ` Lyle McKennot
2002-06-17 13:32       ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-15  4:06     ` The 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture The Emperor's Old Clothes Lyle McKennot
2002-06-15 13:45       ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-15 13:55         ` Ed Falis
2002-06-15 15:03           ` Pat Rogers
2002-06-15 18:42         ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-16 22:25         ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-15 18:01       ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-16  1:53         ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 20:06           ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-17 20:54             ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 14:56               ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-18 17:08                 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-16  3:15         ` Lyle McKennot
2002-06-16  3:51           ` Pat Rogers
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-06-14 14:31 ada paper critic Alderson, Paul A.
2002-06-14 15:16 ` Darren New
2002-06-14 15:58 ` Andrew Maizels
2002-06-14 17:00   ` chris.danx
2002-06-14 18:44     ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-14 20:26       ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14 22:06         ` Ehud Lamm
2002-06-14 22:01           ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-14 22:38             ` sk
2002-06-15 11:28               ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-15 18:10                 ` sk
2002-06-15 14:30               ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-15 17:36                 ` sk
2002-06-16  3:08                 ` Gautier
2002-06-16  0:05               ` AG
2002-06-16 21:05                 ` Gautier
2002-06-14 23:10             ` tmoran
2002-06-15 14:19         ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-15 23:04           ` Darren New
2002-06-15 23:38             ` Darren New
2002-06-17 10:56           ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-17 19:56             ` Brian Rogoff
2002-06-17 20:47               ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 18:10                 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-06-18 18:51                   ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-18 19:08                     ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 20:47                       ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-19  5:28                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-18 14:01               ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-14 20:58 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14 21:30   ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-15  1:24     ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-15  3:02 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2002-06-15 21:54 ` AG
2002-06-14 19:42 Gautier no_direct_reply_please
2002-06-15 15:08 ` Simon Wright
2002-06-15 22:52 ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-16  0:38   ` AG
2002-06-17 14:15     ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 13:52       ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-18 15:41         ` Darren New
2002-06-18 18:04         ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-19  1:04           ` Rod Haper
2002-06-16 22:19   ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-16 23:02     ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-17  7:07       ` Kevin Cline
2002-06-18 20:54         ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-18 22:15           ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-14 20:06 Gautier no_direct_reply_please
2002-06-14 20:48 ` Baugereau
2002-06-15 14:38   ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-14 20:36 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-06-14 21:34 ` Immanuel Scholz
2002-06-15  4:14   ` Lyle McKennot
2002-06-14 22:08 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-06-14 22:18 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-06-15  1:38 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-06-14 22:28 Gautier direct_replies_not_read
2002-06-15 14:43 ` Ted Dennison
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