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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Ada exceptions. unchecked?
Date: 18 Jun 2002 12:32:59 -0400
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Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> I suppose it's not possible to insist that people never propagate
> exceptions that don't make sense in their caller's world view?

When I write my code, I have _no idea_ who might be calling it, so I
have _no idea_ what might make sense in their world view. So I throw
exceptions, and let them decide.

-- 
-- Stephe