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 Posted by Edward Vermillion on 06/28/05 20:15 
On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Kevin L'Huillier wrote: 
 
>> In my opinion you should save exceptions for, well, EXCEPTIONal 
>> problems.  Either that or you use exceptions for a large system that 
>> discriminates against specific types of errors and handles each error 
>> type in a totally different way.  Can we say bloat? 
> 
> Depending on the system, malformatted data may very well 
> be exceptional.  (adj. 1. being an exception; uncommon)  Judging by the 
> lack of error-checking in the OP, it seems to be the case.  Using 
> trigger_error or return false would both be reasonable solutions as  
> well. 
> 
> Really, how errors are handled is up to the individual.  My point was 
> that Wee Keat may consider adding a few lines for validation. 
> 
> Certainly adding any error-checking will reduce efficiency, which 
> is what the original question was regarding. 
[snip] 
 
I would think that error checking would increase "efficiency", 
ie. the script is more likely to work as expected. Eh? ;) 
 
Edward Vermillion 
evermillion@doggydoo.net
 
  
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