Re: Tasty exceptions

"Michael C." <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A good programmer would know that there is an error by checking the return
value or the function.

A *perfect* programmer would always remember to do that. But a more
pragmatic approach is to realise that by having every function return an
error code - which needs checking and/or passing on up the call stack - your
code becomes an unreadable (and unmaintainable) accident waiting to happen.

I find it strange thate we're even having this discussion in a Delphi
newsgroup: It was Delphi that really introduced me to exceptions, and the
VCL which taught me HOW and WHY to use them...

- Roddy


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