Re: Throwing Exceptions

In article <1-ydnTOLaec4ePffRVn-jg@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Peter Ammon <gershwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
>> Do people often use exceptions by choice in C++?
>
>No. Here's lots of reasons why.

Okay, so it's not just me.

Here's another question. *Should* people often use exceptions?

I'm thinking analogously to STL. Someone on this group (I forget who and
I don't really want to quit this post and track him down) had said that
STL encourages some good coding practices, and that STL users can tell
non-STL users by the way they code even outside of C++.

Are exceptions good for me, even if I don't want to admit it?
--
"When the fool walks through the street, in his lack of understanding he
calls everything foolish." -- Ecclesiastes 10:3, New American Bible
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