Re: need argument for try catch blocks

From	Edek <edek.pieITAKNIECZYTAM@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: need argument for try catch blocks
Date	2011-05-27 19:01 +0200
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On 05/27/2011 04:43 PM, Christopher wrote:

> I'd love to be counting on destructors. So far though, I'd say 60% of
> the code is written in C-style, with global pointers being to things
> allocated in various class methods, released in others, global
> instances being used left and right, macros, etc. etc. Things are just
> not well contained. There are classes where the functionality is
> partly handled by global functions and partly handled by class
> methods. But, I am ranting.
>
> My point is though, out here, at least in my city and for several jobs
> now, there always seems to be that c-style programmer on the team that
> does this kind of thing ruining or at least making it difficult to
> follow most of the OO principles. They are usually well respected with
> seniority too. Things get into such a mess that I don't know where to
> start fixing it. I wish I could just mind control someone and convince
> them to follow S.O.L.I.D principles, RAII, and several other things.
>
> Anyway, the advice in the posts is good. You guys have changed my mind
> on exception handling. Maybe I will try to convice my team that we
> should take the time to come up with a design decision on when and how
> to handle exceptions, their types, identify these boundries, etc.

If 60% of code is C (or C-style), I wouldn't be orthodox about RAII. 
Either the developers do have ways to handle debugging and so on, maybe 
just slightly home-made, or maybe some ways can be gradually introduced.

Edek

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need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-05-26 08:20 -0700
  Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-26 18:24 +0200
    Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-05-26 10:28 -0700
      Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-05-26 10:31 -0700
      Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-26 20:36 +0200
        Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-27 06:10 -0700
  Re: need argument for try catch blocks Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-27 06:40 +0000
  Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pieITAKNIECZYTAM@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 14:05 +0200
    Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-27 14:16 +0200
      Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pieITAKNIECZYTAM@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 14:48 +0200
        Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-27 15:10 +0200
          Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pieITAKNIECZYTAM@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 15:54 +0200
            Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-27 16:13 +0200
          Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Fred Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2011-05-30 09:56 +0200
            Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-30 10:22 +0200
      Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-05-27 07:43 -0700
        Re: need argument for try catch blocks Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-27 10:19 -0500
        Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-05-27 17:58 +0200
          Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-30 09:43 -0700
            Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 11:58 -0700
            Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-05-31 08:57 -0700
              Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-31 13:33 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-01 09:03 +1200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-31 14:57 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-06-01 02:06 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-31 16:32 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-06-01 11:42 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-06-02 16:01 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-06-03 04:27 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-06-03 07:39 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-06-03 10:43 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-06-03 11:31 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-06-03 12:14 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-06-03 21:22 +0100
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-06-04 17:30 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 21:17 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 18:24 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 19:34 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Keith H Duggar <duggar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-06-04 07:22 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 19:24 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-06-03 07:51 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks "Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 20:57 +0200
        Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pieITAKNIECZYTAM@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 19:01 +0200
          Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-31 17:13 -0700
            Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 16:04 +0200
              Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-06-03 09:44 -0700
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 19:04 +0200
                Re: need argument for try catch blocks Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-06-04 07:05 -0700

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