From kde-devel  Mon Dec 05 12:26:57 2005
From: Michael Buesch <mbuesch () freenet ! de>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:26:57 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: C++ exceptions
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On Monday 05 December 2005 13:22, Henning Westerholt wrote:
> On Mo, 5.12.2005, 12:23, Michael Buesch sagte:
> > Although my opinion might not count much here, I think the
> > exceptions are one of the big _misfeatures_ of the C++ language.
> > They bloat code. Nothing else.
>=20
> Sorry, i must protest here. Exception in c++ could be very useful, and are
> also used within the kde project, for example in khtml.
>=20
> > Everything done with exceptions, can be done with normal return codes.
>=20
> You are right, but the solution with exception is easier to use (and to
> code). The errors are also more understandable, for example compare
> "return code -4" to "System.IO.FileNotFoundException".

return -ENOENT;

It is all about _coding_ in a clean way. If you choose the return values
by random, well...

> If you have sometimes worked on a nontrivial project in java, you would

I have no idea about java. Maybe exceptions are more useful in java.

=2D-=20
Greetings Michael.

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