On 10/9/12 11:52 AM, monarch_dodra wrote:
On Tuesday, 9 October 2012 at 15:27:44 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:39:32 -0400, monarch_dodra
<monarchdo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, 9 October 2012 at 13:22:28 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
[SNIP]
I tend to disagree with your examples, because, you are mixing the
notion of run-time failure with logic error.
They are one and the same.
Putting into a file that runs out of disk space, and putting into an
array that runs out of memory.
I'm not convinced.
A file running out of memory is an implementation defined limitation
that is out of the field of control of the developer, just as much as an
OutOfMemoryError.
An array that runs out of memory is predictable logic error. The problem
is that we aren't giving the developer the tools required to predict it.
I agree with this distinction. In brief a disk getting full is an
exceptional occurrence whereas a non-appendable structure running out of
room is a different category of error.
Andrei
