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Quote: exception lists are too restrictive for function signatures; interacts with type system; preclude reuse; rebranding hides low-level errors; asynchronous exceptions

topics > all references > references a-b > QuoteRef: buhrPA9_2000 , p. 825



Group:
exception handling
Topic:
function signature

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An exception list is part of a routine's … [refs] … this feature is too restrictive [Stroustrup, Design and Evolution of C++, 1994, p. 394], having a … [error handling] and a language's type system. … . As well, for arguments of routine pointers … Converting the specific raised exception to a failure … ., precludes any change of handling the specific … Finally, determining an exception list for a routine … [they] may be propagated at any time.   Google-1   Google-2

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