On Oct 12, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Sean Corfield wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Stefan Kamphausen > <ska2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> To my humble ears this sounds like the best idea so far. Something like >> ClojureRTException ... > > The problem - in Clojure code using try/catch - is that you don't know > whether the real exception will be wrapped or not (because you may be > calling thru some intermediate layer that may or may not do > reflection) therefore you cannot usefully catch a given exception in > Clojure: you will _always_ have to catch both the intended exception > *and* catch ClojureRTException and unroll it yourself with the same > code in both branches of logic. That's _horrible_. > > try/catch should do the unrolling for you - esp. if we introduce > ClojureRTE as a wrap-only exception so it won't be confused with a > regular RTE. I had read the idea as implying that try/catch would implicitly always catch RTE, unwrap it, and give your "real" catch body a chance to catch that… - Chas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
