> imagine it's been done this
> way as a performance benefit,
No, probably just laziness :-)
Andrus
On Aug 3, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Kevin Menard wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:mkienen..mail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:59 AM
>> To: de..ayenne.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Exceptions . . .
>>
>> In my opinion, it's best to trap the error as soon as possible. As
>> far as I remember, that's our standard practice, and as we come
>> across
>> items like this, we correct them.
>
> I may be mistaken, but my experience tracking down some problems in
> the
> past couple days indicates that we rarely check that invariants hold
> true. Instead, things go as far as they can, the exception is caught,
> wrapped, and sent back up the pipeline. I imagine it's been done this
> way as a performance benefit, but I'm not sure the overhead would be
> that great anyway. Comparisons are pretty cheap.
>
> --
> Kevin
>
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