Re: Support for exceptions

faq
flatforty
contribute
subscribe
configure
search
rdf

main
parent
thread

Re: Support for exceptions
by Nicolas Goutte on Saturday 10/Jul/2004, @12:06

I am sorry but terminating is not a good solution: the unsaved document... lost! So for me, it is little different than a crash, so perhaps it is not an abrupt crash but a more controlled one.

(Perhaps you will tell me that you can make an emergency save while for a real crash you cannot. But the end-user will not care, for him it is and remains a crash, as the program has terminated abnormaly.)

Have a nice day!

Related Links

·   Articles on Qt
·   Also by Nicolas Goutte
·   Contact author

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )

Re: Support for exceptions
by El Pseudonymo on Saturday 10/Jul/2004, @13:18

Yeah, it is not entirely unproblematic. But I really think ignoring errors is worse. Think of an abnormal situation which prevents an application from being able to save a document. Suppose this condition is detected while opening the file which is being worked on. Suppose that is ignored. The user will be happy with editing his important document, and only after he has made his changes, working for some time, out of a sudden, his data will be lost because he can not save. If the application would have terminated right at the start, I think that would have been the better alternative.

Have a nice Saturday night!

[ Reply To This | View ]

The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )


		"We were risking our release, Simon loses way too much time on Klondike." -- Stephan Kulow
KDE®, "K Desktop Environment", "KDE Dot News", "got the dot?" and the KDE Logo® are trademarks or registered trademarks of KDE e.V. in the European Union, the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster. The rest: Copyright © 2000-2008 KDE e.V. for The KDE Project. For further information or comments on this site, please contact the Webmaster.