NICE-ESG-Libs Digest Wed, 29 Nov 95 Volume 1 : Issue 311
Today's Topics:
Exceptions
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:09:51 +0000
From: Roger Browne
Subject: Exceptions
To: NICE-ESG-Libs@atlanta.twr.com
In NICE-ESG-Libs Digest Issue 310 Paul Johnson wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand this? Are you saying that the exception object
> should contain the code for the exception handler? ... If not, then presumably
> the handler has to do a series of reverse assignment attempts to figure out
> what should be done.
Yes, the handler would use assignment attempts to figure
out what should be done.
> Integer values are a more efficient way of doing this.
Yes, and static binding is more efficient than dynamic binding.
Class-based exceptions are a pleasure to use in the D-language, and
do reduce the maintenance overhead when new user-defined exceptions
are added to an application.
Regards,
Roger
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