On 06/10/12 20:38, Walter Bright wrote:
On 9/30/2012 9:35 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 10/1/12, Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote:
Also, consider that in C++ you can throw any type, such as an int. There
is no credible way to make this work reasonably in D, as exceptions are
all derived from Exception.
Is that a bug or a feature? :)
It's a feature, and I'm not joking.
What is the compelling use case for throwing an int? How could that
possibly fit into some encapsulation model? What if library A throws an
int, and library B does? Now you catch an int - which did it come from?
You've got no clue. It's indistinguishable from garbage.
Just imagine how much fun could be had, if D let you throw sqrt(17.0) +
37.919i.
