2024-11-14 🔄 programmerhumor ┃ RE: yogthos
I'm just a hobbyist but...are you guys using exceptions like they're conditional statements??
https://kbin.melroy.org/m/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml/t/563221/-/comment/4884265
You don’t want to use exceptions in normal control flow, because they’re extremely slow. Every time you throw an exception, it has to collect a stacktrace, which is hundreds, if not thousands, […]
I suppose it depends on the language? For the most part I think you’re right. Exceptions are only used (if at all) in situations where a program diverges unexpectedly from its normal flow. But […]
I thought those were for only when shit is seriously wrong and execution can’t continue in the current state.
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You can set up a global exception handler in some frameworks. By having multiple (not a crazy amount) of exceptions, you can set up logic for how to handle that kind of error. Then you can just […]
As a rule, exceptions should indeed be used for behaviors that are outside normal execution flow. For example, you might throw an exception if a file you’re trying to access doesn’t exist, or a […]
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