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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 09:23:20AM -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> At 10:14 AM 8/20/00 -0600, Tony Olekshy wrote:
> >Graham Barr wrote:
> > >
> > > I am of the opinion that only a class name should follow catch.
> > > If someone wants to catch based on an expression they should use
> > >
> > > catch {
> > > if (<expr>) {
> > > }
> > > else {
> > > # rethrow the error
> > > }
> > > }
> >
> >Then you will be glad to know that RFC 88, in the not quite ready
> >version two release, allows you do to just that.
>
> "Allows" isn't the same as "should be the only way" though.
>
> Graham, did you base your opinion on usability, parseability, both, neither?
Probably both along with simplicity, ie keeping the language simple.
Graham.