Question about exception specification

[Graham St Jack]

Excellent article, thanks

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> 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)
>