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Re: e==null? really?

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On 13/07/2012 21:09, Roedy Green allegedly wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:18:37 -0700 (PDT), bob smith
> <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
> 
>> 	} catch (Exception e) {
>>
>> and e is null?
> 
> Most likely you are misinterpreting the results. Try tracing the
> program and put a breakpoint inside your catch.  

I'd rather say: if there's the slightest whiff of fishiness with what
your debugger tells you, throw it to the four winds and use logging instead.

In my observation debuggers are almost as often a source of confusion as
they are one of clarification. YMMV.

-- 
DF.

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e==null?  really? bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-07-13 07:18 -0700
  Re: e==null?  really? markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-13 07:29 -0700
    Re: e==null?  really? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-13 10:48 -0400
      Re: e==null?  really? markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-13 08:22 -0700
        Re: e==null?  really? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-07-13 09:35 -0700
      Re: e==null?  really? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 13:11 -0700
        Re: e==null?  really? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-07-13 22:55 +0200
          Re: e==null?  really? "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2012-07-13 17:01 -0400
    Re: e==null?  really? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 13:09 -0700
  Re: e==null?  really? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-13 12:09 -0700
    Re: e==null?  really? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-13 23:06 +0200
      Re: e==null?  really? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-14 06:30 -0700

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