Exception programming difficult

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 21:27:43 Walter Bright wrote:
> Anyhow, that article is why D does not have exception specifications. Also,
> please note that C++ dropped exception specifications.

Though it should be noted that exception specifications are _far_ worse than 
checked exceptions, because they're checked at runtime instead of compile 
time, and they kill your program if they fail. So, instead of all of the 
problems that you get with checked exceptions, you get your program killed at 
runtime when you don't get your code quite right.

I think that you're going to have a hard time finding _anyone_ who actually 
understands what C++'s exception specifications do and still thinks that 
they're a good idea, whereas you _will_ find people who fully understand 
checked exceptions and still think that they're a good idea.

- Jonathan M Davis