From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Code flow control
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:03:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <skcfp6$j19$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: skcesm$sgf$1@dont-email.me
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.
What I do wish is carefully designed exception contracts in Ada.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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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 [this message]
2021-10-15 19:19 ` Kevin Chadwick
2021-10-15 20:02 ` G.B.
2021-10-15 21:30 ` Kevin Chadwick
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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