try & catch / repeating code - DRY

[Ali Çehreli]

On 05/22/2018 11:20 AM, Robert M. Münch wrote:
> I see that I'm writing
> 
> try {
> ... different code ...
> } catch (myException e) {
>      ... same handling code ...
> }
> 
> over and over again.
> 
> Of course I can put the exception handling code into a function to not 
> duplicate it. However, I still need to write this construct over and 
> over again. Is there a way to handle it more generic? Like:
> 
> ??? (... code ...);
> 
> or
> 
> ??? { ... code ...};
> 
> Where ??? would do the try and re-use the exception handling code 
> everytime? I hope this is understandable.
> 

An idiom known in C++ circles is a Lippincott function:

   https://cppsecrets.blogspot.ca/2013/12/using-lippincott-function-for.html

Just wanted to mention that it can be a part of a clean solution.

Ali