Re: To wrap or not to wrap?

On Fri, 09 May 2008 00:37:00 +0100, Daniel Dyer <"You don't need it">  
wrote:


>> etc. These functions catch exceptions and return null if something
>> goes wrong.

....

> If something goes wrong and you can't recover from it, let the exception
 
> propagate.  The alternative is just storing up problems for later.

Unless of course, you are testing the return value for every invocation.  

But that would be nuts (and error-prone).

Dan.

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