Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:59:37 -0500 Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:59:36 +0100 From: lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> Organization: Trollbusters 3 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130308 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Primitive return value after exception in method References: <5222eb58$0$6555$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <52236225$0$296$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <522373f2$0$6568$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> <7PidnXZ_D8p2_LHPnZ2dnUVZ8oidnZ2d@bt.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <3a2dnQFCfss0-7HPnZ2dnUVZ8uCdnZ2d@bt.com> Lines: 47 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-RHPKESsTjmMtlt02SKIg36Rk37V1LG++Ki4Y7MkvXgXcOEHIMBX0QqQ6WoeBD5Fux7J38SfJVtsFK6V!Sl6ADEB4umEv2z8WL3Zb6TRbl3yJNnWH+qM/HPuP9FYYXmKRQh+Bldz7PXXuRpY70dMgBiD0vQ== X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3143 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25251 On 08/09/13 12:49, Richard Maher wrote: > On 9/8/2013 7:39 PM, lipska the kat wrote: >> On 08/09/13 10:16, Richard Maher wrote: >>> On 9/8/2013 4:12 PM, lipska the kat wrote: >>> n >>>> why in the name of sanity would anyone want to rely in any way on a >>>> value 'returned' from a method that has thrown an exception? >>> >>> I don't recall ANYONE except YOU introducing the "rely" terminology. >> >> Why else would you care what the return value from a method that throws >> an exception is. If you are not interested in it then why bother to >> concern yourself with it in the first place, it's pretty simple really. >> > > Why would anyone not think like you? Good Point. > >> If you want to see some value the use a debug statement or wrap it in >> the exception. >> >> Examining anything other than the exception in an exceptional situation >> doesn't compute. >> >>> Personally I'm chasing down a few bugs and got useful advice from >>> technically competent people like Patricia that ruled out some of the >>> more crazy options I was considering. >> >> How interesting. > > Dear lipska the pussy > > Fuck off! > > Yours Sincerely Richard Maher > > Ps. How long would you like to go on dip-shit? You have no idea you wanker. However, in deference to other readers of this group I suggest we take this offline. Or are you a coward as well as a loud mouth prick. -- Lipska the KatŠ: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun GNU/Linux user #560883 - http://www.linuxcounter.net