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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: C++ exceptions
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-06-16 13:14:22
Message-ID: 200606161514.31621.thiago () kde ! org
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Alexander Petrov wrote:
>I think Qt's sources size would greatly decrease if it used
>exceptions, leading to a more safe, clean and small library.
>The same applies to kde.

Maybe. But this is not going to happen in KDE 4 and Qt 4, since, as you 
reported, it requires redesigning from the ground up.

>But it is not a good idea to just _add_ exceptions to qt&kde, because
>error-handling and exceptions are important part of design and the
>whole library must me redesigned from the ground up with exceptions
>and exception safety in mind

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