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[Walter Bright]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> keyword. It might be one of those things like exception specifications 
>> where everyone says it's a good idea but guiltily hate in secret <g>.
>>
> 
> I don't think the mainstream opinion in Java is that checked exceptions 
> are a good ideia.

It's not a great analogy, because there are very good technical 
arguments against checked exceptions. But I do remember prominent Java 
people promoting checked exceptions as a great idea, while in their own 
code they'd subvert them because they were just too annoying.

I also think that mainstream Java has evolved its understanding of 
checked exceptions.