Re: distinguishing between failures and errors

> J. B. Rainsberger wrote:
> 
> >What fear are you addressing by using checked exceptions? Since it is 
> >possible to get along without them, you may be afraid of something in 
order 
> >to want to use them. What might that be? (Please help me; I sound like 
Ron.)
> 
> The fear that the next person to look at my code won't know what 
> application-level exceptions can possibly be raised.

Understood.

> I can mitigate that fear by writing tests that demonstrate which 
> exceptions can be raised and under what circumstances that can happen.

Worth the effort.

> I can eliminate that fear using checked exceptions.

But at what cost! :) You become bound by the shackles of annoying impediments 
to refactoring! No, say I! Let all my code be easily-refactorable!

At least, that's what I try for.

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