On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 01:16:02PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 09:34:53AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:04:41PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > Context: > > > > > > > Exceptions should only be used for exceptional circumstances, and even > > > > then think twice. The single thing for which they are useful is [...] > > > > This is not often useful - library APIs are the most notable case. Using > > > > exceptions in any other circumstances is usually a really bad idea. > > > > Bwah? Wrong context. > > That was the immediate ancestor of the message you replied to. You changed > your mind already? No, it was part of a different point. It's only a direct ancestor because the subthreads are insufficiently granular. I can't really see how you thought they were related. The part you quoted above wasn't really related to much at all. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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