On Friday 12 December 2008 01:18, Ralf Bensmann wrote:
> Hi Rich,
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> I am very interested in your view of the world - why are 'checked'
> exceptions evil?
It's a huge and unending debate (last I checked). It's probably not
worth recapping it here. I'm sure there are reams of blogs and email
li
Hi Rich,
I am very interested in your view of the world - why are 'checked'
exceptions evil?
Thanks
-Ralf
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Rich Hickey wrote:
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> On Dec 10, 10:52 pm, "Stephen C. Gilardi" wrote:
> > On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Ralf Bensmann wrote:
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> > > Being a Java t
On Dec 10, 10:52 pm, "Stephen C. Gilardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Ralf Bensmann wrote:
>
> > Being a Java trainer for a long time, we talk with students about
> > the "handle-or-declare rule" in Java and the two types of
> > exceptions: "checked" (declared) and
Just throwing "Exception" is discouraged in Java, because its the supertype
checked and unchecked exceptions. I often saw a JVM die of an unproper
exception handling -- mainly when NullPointerExceptions were involved. So we
are on the JVM, want Java interop and so my isistent recommendation is to
u
On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Ralf Bensmann wrote:
Being a Java trainer for a long time, we talk with students about
the "handle-or-declare rule" in Java and the two types of
exceptions: "checked" (declared) and "unchecked" (runtime). So I
prefer using a RuntimeException because no exceptio
Being a Java trainer for a long time, we talk with students about the
"handle-or-declare rule" in Java and the two types of exceptions: "checked"
(declared) and "unchecked" (runtime). So I prefer using a RuntimeException
because no exception was specified.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Mark Vol
