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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 07:38:20

arlegui writes "why do programmers prefer to have fatal error than non-fatal error?"

robvolk
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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 07:38:24

They're suicidal and can't take the pressure anymore.

spirit1
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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 07:39:38

this goes straight to all time favorite comupter jokes

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

DonAtWork
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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:01:41

Lies. Its because we are all misanthropic.

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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:04:37

The answer lies in the meaning of Fatal

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jsmith8858
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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 08:40:52

I *think* (just a guess here) the statement means that you'd rather have an unhandled exception stop the program from running, forcing the developer to write code to anticipate and handle things that can go wrong, rather than ingoring exceptions and errors completey and having the code always continue. i.e., in VB terms, all of your code surround by ON ERROR RESUME NEXT.

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Posted - 2005-11-10 : 14:41:42

In my case its just "defensive programming"


SELECT CASE MyCanOnlyBeYesOrNoColumn
            WHEN 'Y' THEN 'Yes'
            WHEN 'N' THEN 'No'
            ELSE RaiseCriticalErrorBecauseWillNeverHappen_Function()
            END

Kristen

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