ET, phone home [Was: Re: catch replacing useful errorInfo

On Aug 30, 9:23 am, cla...@xxxxxxxxx (Cameron Laird) wrote:
In article <1188467204.146993.275...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Larry W. Virden <lvir...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the user could just be told to mail the contents of log abc to
b...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or whatever, in the case of an unanticipated
type error. In the case of an anticipated problem (wrong file name

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You mean your programs don't already "call home" when they
encounter an exception?

I've seen programs do this, and I'm torn about the practice. Programs
which send information are more frequently being considered bad
practice because you don't know what is being sent to whom...


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