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The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time (leedumond.com)

published 8 months, 12 days ago, submitted by leedumondleedumond(2009) 8 months, 13 days ago

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only – to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

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posted by jcincottajcincotta(340) 8 months, 13 days ago

I've seen some tortured uses of exceptions, but this one takes the cake! :D

posted by codegurucodeguru(75) 8 months, 12 days ago

this is a real WTF, if the developers works for me I'd shot him dead on site. :D

posted by fquednaufquednau(395) 8 months, 12 days ago

I almost can't believe it. Have you posted it to the dailywtf?

posted by leedumondleedumond(2009) 8 months, 12 days ago

@fquendnau -- hadn't thought of that, but that's not a bad idea :)

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