Question about exception specification

[Bruno Medeiros]

Graham St Jack wrote:
> I read WalterAndrei.pdf recently, and liked most of what was in there.
> 
> However, there was the line: "Exception specifications: bad idea" on a 
> slide that discussed a possible nothrow keyword.
> 
> Can anyone explain why they are a bad idea? And if they are in fact a 
> bad idea, how do I find out what exceptions can be thrown by a function? 
> Eyeballing heaps of code doesn't count as a way!

Check this link for a good article about checked exceptions:
http://www.mindview.net/Etc/Discussions/CheckedExceptions
If you are coding in Java, it also offers a good way to deal with 
checked exceptions. (much better than just catching and ignoring, hoping 
to deal with it later)

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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