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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada exceptions. unchecked?
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Gisle S�lensminde <gisle@apal.ii.uib.no> writes:

> The problem is that exception handling at one layer possibly must be
> handled in parts of the program where it does not make sense, and
> that make programmers to do such code "to get the job done". My
> point is that the strictness of java exceptions is
> counter-productive.

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