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   > It's not likely that any code will look for and catch out-of-bounds   
   > exceptions, since they usually represent programming errors, and   
   > nobody can maintain his sanity while coding as though the program is   
   > broken.   
   >   
      
   Imagine that a corrupt configure file (e.g. XML) generates the out-of-bounds   
   exception, then it's not a programming error but rather a corrupt or invalid   
   file.   
      
      
   >> That is what I meant with bulking. Somehow, you must be able to deal   
   >> with /multiple/ exception chains. Just putting a completely   
   >> independent secondary exception in the same chain as the active   
   >> exception chain will, in best case, lead to that the secondary   
   >> exception is missed and lost.   
   >   
   > There's no loss; the chains I'm talking about can be walked and   
   > inspected by exception handling code.   
   >   
      
   I try to emphasize the same problem that Wil Evers does when he discusses the   
   alternatives for a handler; (1) terminate, (2) propagate and ignore secondary,   
   (3) link.   
      
   I'm out of good examples to illustrate the problem but one use case I will   
   investigate myself is the following.   
      
   1. Create two RAII objects A and B, that with 50% chance each throw from the   
   destructor. B throws BException and A throws AException.   
   2. Write a consistent exception handling that prints AException to std::cout   
   and retries B until it succeeds.   
      
      
   >> Allowing secondary exceptions may lead to something better, but I   
   >> think there must be some recommendations and guidelines how to use   
   >> it.   
   >   
   > Of course there must be guidelines.  You just don't seem to agree that   
   > one reasonable guideline is "just ignore that one."   
   >   
      
   Definitely not. Just ignoring an exception is not an option to me unless the   
   software requirement allows it.   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Daniel   
      
      
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