From: Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others => null; smart?)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:06:37 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-10-25T15:06:37+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnarinf4.5is.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccpttyk1ia.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com
Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> "When others" is usually a very bad idea, and editors should not
> encourage it. One of the great benefits of Ada is the full-coverage
> checking you get (at compile time!) on case statements and aggregates.
> (Compared to other languages which default to "when others => null;" or
> use run-time checking.)
Good point. Thanks!
OK, I'll continue implementing now :-)
Preben
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-24 14:03 is exception when others => null; smart? Preben Randhol
2002-10-24 14:25 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2002-10-24 14:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-24 14:38 ` Per Sandbergs
2002-10-25 15:04 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-25 20:41 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-10-26 23:04 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-26 7:47 ` tmoran
2002-10-24 16:39 ` Mark Biggar
2002-10-24 20:06 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-24 20:23 ` Wes Groleau
2002-10-25 1:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-10-25 10:10 ` In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others => null; smart?) Preben Randhol
2002-10-25 14:59 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-25 15:06 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2002-10-29 18:23 ` Peter Richtmyer
2002-10-30 2:52 ` Steven Deller
2002-10-30 8:58 ` Anders Wirzenius
2002-10-30 19:57 ` Peter Richtmyer
2002-10-31 7:02 ` Anders Wirzenius
2002-10-30 9:36 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-10-30 19:44 ` Peter Richtmyer
2002-10-30 13:28 ` Marin David Condic
2002-10-30 20:34 ` Robert Spooner
2002-10-31 12:40 ` In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others => null;smart?) Marin David Condic
2002-10-25 17:13 ` In case statment? <...> when others John Woodruff
2002-10-27 21:03 ` In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others => null; smart?) Ze Administrator
2002-10-28 10:04 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-28 20:05 ` Wes Groleau
2002-10-30 11:31 ` Preben Randhol
2002-10-28 12:32 ` In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others => null;smart?) Adrian Hoe
2002-10-24 20:11 ` is exception when others => null; smart? Simon Wright
2002-10-24 21:22 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-10-24 20:03 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-25 1:49 ` SteveD
2002-10-25 3:48 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-10-26 11:34 ` Preben Randhol
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