Re: Design decisions

From	"Joe." <antelope3@news.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Design decisions
Date	2012-06-25 00:32 -0600
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"Ian Collins" <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On 06/22/12 07:12 PM, jacob navia wrote:
>> Le 22/06/12 00:23, Gareth Owen a écrit :
>>>
>>> What do you have in mind for a well designed, non-returning error
>>> function.  Obviously one that calls abort()/exit() would work but what
>>> else?
>>>
>>
>> Obviously a longjmp combined with a prior setjmp can establish a
>> recovery point where all errors in a program (or in a part of the
>> program) would end.
>>
>> If you use pooled memory access you can release the memory pool
>> associated with the current error, and you have the exact mechanism
>> of the C++ exceptions combined with cleanup by stack unwinding in
>> a much cheaper and efficient way.
>
> Er, no you don't.  Allocated memory isn't the only thing you may want to 
> clean up.
>
> This situation is much the same as the early return cases discussed at 
> great length on the recent goto thread.
>
> -- 
> Ian Collins

Who could not respect  someone with a name like yours?

Aren't you a "golden boy" playin it safe by "being good"?

(Maybe you and James Kanze should team up and conquer the world?).

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Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-21 22:19 +0200
  Re: Design decisions Andrew Cooper <amc96@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-06-21 21:43 +0100
  Re: Design decisions "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 22:02 +0100
    Re: Design decisions Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 23:23 +0100
      Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-22 09:12 +0200
        Re: Design decisions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-22 19:44 +1200
          Re: Design decisions "Joe." <antelope3@news.net> - 2012-06-25 00:32 -0600
        Re: Design decisions gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 01:00 -0700
          Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-22 10:08 +0200
            Re: Design decisions Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 17:18 +0100
              Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-22 18:27 +0200
                Re: Design decisions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-23 08:44 +1200
                Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-22 23:58 +0200
                Re: Design decisions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-23 10:21 +1200
                Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-23 02:13 +0200
                Re: Design decisions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-23 12:59 +1200
                Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-23 11:03 +0200
                Re: Design decisions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-23 21:52 +1200
                Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-23 12:32 +0200
                Re: Design decisions Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-23 13:54 +0100
            Re: Design decisions "Joe." <antelope3@news.net> - 2012-06-25 00:36 -0600
          Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-22 10:42 +0200
            Re: Design decisions Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 17:18 +0100
            Re: Design decisions jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-24 18:32 +0200
    Re: Design decisions James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-21 18:43 -0400
      Re: Design decisions "Joe." <antelope3@news.net> - 2012-06-25 00:40 -0600
    Re: Design decisions "Joe." <antelope3@news.net> - 2012-06-25 00:28 -0600
  Re: Design decisions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-06-22 08:35 +0200
  Re: Design decisions Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-06-22 12:40 +0000
    Re: Design decisions gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 06:01 -0700
      Re: Design decisions Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-06-22 14:26 +0000
    Re: Design decisions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-22 14:01 +0100
    Re: Design decisions David Resnick <lndresnick@gmail.com> - 2012-06-22 06:13 -0700
  Re: Design decisions Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-06-22 19:05 +0200
  Re: Design decisions "Joe." <antelope3@news.net> - 2012-06-25 00:27 -0600

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