On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:52:20 +0200 "Simen kjaeraas" <simen.kja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was expecting (from exp with other language) there to be a root Error > > or Exception type implementating base exception mechanics and/or an > > imposed interface to comply with (esp a kind of string method returning > > what text to write out when the exception is not caught). > > How does this work, and how to use it concretely? > > There is a base class Exception and Error, as well as the base interface > Throwable, which the aforementioned implement. Using this is more of a > convention than absolute necessity, but it is used all over Phobos and > druntime, and it is heavily discouraged not to use those as bases. Good. Is this documented somewhere (have searched language and library references before asking: found some documents on peculiar aspects, but none describing the mechanism and how to use). > On a sidenote, one should usually only catch Exceptions, not Errors, as > the latter is supposed to be used for non-recoverable errors. Very well, this matches my point of view. Denis -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com
