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Date: 1 Feb 2003 20:43:42 -0000
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Subject: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 16283]  -
    Inproper use of Exception

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Inproper use of Exception


------- Additional Comments From dimiter@blue-edge.bg  2003-02-01 20:43 -------
I think that you're mistaking OO with strictly typed programming.
While C++ and Eiffel are two 
of the textbook OO languages, and they both are strictly typed, there are a lot of dynamically 
typed OO langues. Smalltalk and Python to for example. As you said, I'm not going to give a lesson on 
the advantages of the dynamic typing. 

We all realize that Java is mostly static language, but 
it doesn't hurt to break the rules when it makes our life easier. E.g. typical case is Runnable. If 
it did allow to throw throwable then I shouldn't have to write:

new Runnable{
  public void 
run{
    try{
       somethingThatMightGoWrongAndTheresNothingICanDo();
    } 
catch(FatalException fx) { 
       throw new WrappingError(fx);
    }
  }
}

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