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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Exceptions
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:24:44 -0600, tmoran@acm.org wrote:

>>Is there any way to force programmers to catch exception that
>>your function throws?

> Do you mean force them to write code like:
> begin
>   y := func(x);
> exception
>   when funcs_important_exception=>null; -- ignore unimportant exception
> end;

Semantics of exception handling is a different story. When a contract is
satisfied, its implementation can still be incorrect.

When "a way to force" reads "exceptions contract", then the answer is no,
there is no way, alas.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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