I modified javac a while ago to convert checked exception errors into
warnings, since I basically think these things don't belong in a
mandated type system, but rather in a flexible tool-chain on top:
http://coffeecokeandcode.blogspot.com/2009/08/tweaking-javac-leniency.html
On Sep 23, 3:23 pm, "hayden.paul.jo...@gmail.com"
<hayden.paul.jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I favour the use of checked exceptions but this proposal seems like an
> interesting compromise.
>
> It would be nice if the compiler (or IDE or static code analysis tool)
> warned me when I'm calling a method which throws a 'private Exception'
> so I can decide what to do about them.
>
> On Sep 23, 1:28 am, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > That makes it even easier for people uninterested in the exception to
> > suppress it as the minimum effort to make their code compile. Someone would
> > then have to systematically go back later and make sure each exception is
> > handled properly. It would be better if the minimum effort was something
> > like
>
> > void myMethod() throws private IOException {
> > f.open();
> > etc();
>
> > }
>
> > which would compile to
>
> > void myMethod() {
> > try {
> > f.open();
> > etc();
> > }
> > catch (IOException e) {
> > throw new RuntimeException(e);
> > }
>
> > }
>
> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Josh McDonald
> > <j...@joshmcdonald.info>wrote:
>
> > > Hey guys, I'm not weighing in on checked v unchecked, just a syntax sugar
> > > idea!
>
> > > We've got two ifs:
>
> > > if (foo)
> > > bar();
>
> > > and
>
> > > if (foo) {
> > > bar();
> > > }
>
> > > So why not introduce a cut-down syntax for common exceptions? Something
> > > like this:
>
> > > try file=File.open(...) catch(SomeException se, OtherException oe);
>
> > > Which would be expanded out by the compiler to this:
>
> > > SomeException se = null;
> > > OtherException oe = null;
>
> > > try {
> > > file = File.open(...);
> > > } catch (SomeException e) {
> > > se = e;
> > > } catch (OtherException e) {
> > > oe = e;
> > > }
>
> > > And you can check the contents of the exception or not at your leisure.
>
> > > Thoughts?
>
> > > --
> > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee."
>
> > > Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald
> > > - j...@joshmcdonald.info
> > > - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk
> > > - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/
>
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