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   From: 0xCDCDCDCD@gmx.at   
      
   On 06.11.2011 09:45, A. McKenney wrote:   
   > Francis Glassborow wrote:   
   >   
   >> ... Too many mediocre programmers do not realise that exceptions   
   >> are not just another way to handle error situations but deliver useful   
   >> resource handling....   
   >   
   >      I confess, this statement baffles me.  What sort of "useful   
   >      resource handling" do exceptions provide in non-error situations?   
   >   
   >> ... Yes you can do it all with error codes but I will bet   
   >> that any programmer who wants to use error codes instead of exceptions   
   >> will write code that leaks like a sieve (and the leaks will not just be   
   >> memory but scarce resources as well)   
   >   
   > I would argue the opposite.   
   >   
   > It is much harder to write code that does _not_ leak resources if you   
   > have to worry about exceptions.  Nobody had to worry about exception   
   > safety before exceptions were introduced.  Exceptions simply added more   
   > possible ways to leak resources, (...)   
      
   Ah. The good old times of no exceptions! (*)   
      
   So you're a fan of code like this?:   
   developer.mozilla.org/En/Mozilla_Coding_Style_Guide#Use_the_nice_macros   
      
   cheers,   
   Martin   
      
   (*): Though I wonder *when* these actually were, considering that on   
   Windows, even C has exceptions:   
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680657   
   28v=VS.85%29.aspx   
      
      
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