Vikram T. Nagarajan wrote:
> Hi Mozzi's,
>
> I have a query, Even though the Mozilla has all the frame works and
> design patterns, why the EXCEPTION handling is missing.
>
> Is this only to provide Cross Platform Compatibility? Can any one
> clarify my doubt.
Exceptions can result in fewer bugs and faster performance (depending on
how you use them and how well your compiler does).
However, Mozilla wasn't created from a blank slate. The current code was
derived from previous code, and that chain goes way back. Furthermore,
it needs to support a wide variety of C++ compilers, each of which has
significant problems. Historically, a lot of compilers had problems with
exception handling.
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