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From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
To: coff@tuhs.org
Subject: [COFF] Conditions, AKA exceptions.
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:47:18 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230313164718.4169E21F37@orac.inputplus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK0pxsEeY3dXkcvw8Zb=3brkGpwYNuYrWLMi1YwpuM2SEH9+Ew@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Marshall,

> While all this error and exception discussion is going down, I have to
> mention this piece:
> http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/
>
> The author worked at MS on their "midori" research OS, and discussed
> what went into their decisions around using return codes, exceptions,
> etc. I felt it was a nice breakdown of the pros and cons of the
> different approaches, and fleshed out the concepts in my mind a bit.
> I thought others might enjoy it as well.

Thanks, it was a long read but enjoyable.

> That said, I absolutely loathe exceptions with all my heart.

I'm not a fan either.  The exceptions Joe introduces above are more of a
simpler syntax for handling return codes.  He gives the expanded
equivalent at one point.

I also liked his enthusiam for ‘abandonment’, similar to a BUG() macro.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-13 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-10 17:11 [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Conditions, AKA exceptions. (Was: I can't drive 55: "GOTO considered harmful" 55th anniversary) Bakul Shah
2023-03-10 17:28 ` segaloco via COFF
2023-03-10 17:34   ` Larry McVoy
2023-03-10 17:35   ` Bakul Shah
2023-03-10 17:42     ` Larry McVoy
2023-03-11 11:28       ` [COFF] Conditions, AKA exceptions Ralph Corderoy
2023-03-12  4:23         ` [COFF] " Theodore Ts'o
2023-03-12 10:44           ` Ralph Corderoy
2023-03-12 16:46             ` Paul Winalski
2023-03-12 16:53               ` Larry McVoy
2023-03-10 17:43     ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Conditions, AKA exceptions. (Was: I can't drive 55: "GOTO considered harmful" 55th anniversary) segaloco via COFF
2023-03-10 18:03     ` Dan Cross
2023-03-10 18:57       ` Bakul Shah
2023-03-10 19:57         ` Marshall Conover
2023-03-13 16:47           ` Ralph Corderoy [this message]
2023-03-13 17:10             ` [COFF] Re: Conditions, AKA exceptions Paul Winalski
2023-03-13 21:12               ` Dave Horsfall
2023-03-10 17:47   ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Conditions, AKA exceptions. (Was: I can't drive 55: "GOTO considered harmful" 55th anniversary) Bakul Shah

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