On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 at 17:53, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If checked exceptions could be selectively suppressed like this, then > perhaps I could override Object.equals() with a throws clause that threw > any exception [that extends CheckedException] I chose. Developers of > libraries that were dependent on mine could "ignore" this if that's what > they wanted. > > Thinking about it now, I can't see why that would be a bad thing. >