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From: "G.B." <bauhaus@notmyhomepage.invalid>
Subject: Re: Code flow control
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:02:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <skcmp7$mqd$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <skcfp6$j19$1@gioia.aioe.org>

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?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-10-15 20:02 UTC|newest]

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. [this message]
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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