From: Kevin Chadwick <kevc3no4@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Code flow control
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:30:30 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23031592-5a56-4d56-bda7-34877588802dn@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <skcmp7$mqd$1@dont-email.me>
On Friday, 15 October 2021 at 21:02:49 UTC+1, G.B. wrote:
> On 15.10.21 20:03, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> > On 2021-10-15 19:48, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> >
> >> Some people reserve exceptions for signalling errors. I regard them as a way to handle "exceptional" situations, i.e. when the normal flow of control cannot continue. For example, in a deep recursive search, they are handy to stop the recursion and go back to top level when you have found what you were looking for. Some would disagree with that.
> >
> > I strongly believe that this is the only consistent way to treat exceptions.
> Once found, pass the result to the party that needs it.
> Then, finish the computational task that found the result.
> Is there anything besides exceptions to do that, and orderly?
I believe the ada 95 style guide recommended a standard goto?
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-15 15:08 Code flow control Kevin Chadwick
2021-10-15 17:48 ` J-P. Rosen
2021-10-15 18:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-10-15 19:19 ` Kevin Chadwick
2021-10-15 20:02 ` G.B.
2021-10-15 21:30 ` Kevin Chadwick [this message]
2021-10-15 22:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2021-10-16 7:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-10-16 13:26 ` Kevin Chadwick
2021-11-26 13:44 ` Kevin Chadwick
2021-10-15 17:53 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2021-10-15 23:30 ` Roger Mc
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