Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Maher Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Primitive return value after exception in method Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:49:27 +0800 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 39 Message-ID: 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: jOhPn0KFjrxwuMc9OPMmCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25250 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? > >