On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:49 PM, HippoMan <hippo.mail...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The reason I'd like this is so I can avoid compile errors if the
> string doesn't exist. This would allow me to do something like the
> following:
>
> String foobar = null;
> try {
>  foobar = this.somehowGetStringAnotherWay("foobar");
> }
> catch (SomeSortOfException e) {
>  Log.e("MyActivity", "foobar string not found");
> }
>

Let me get this straight - you would rather have a runtime exception that
you just catch and ignore than a compile time error that will quickly
identify your problem and allow you to fix it on the spot?

Why exactly would you prefer this?

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