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Posted by taps128 on 12/03/07 04:26
adam.timberlake@gmail.com wrote:
> I've just finished reading the article below which goes into some
> depth about exceptions. The article was rather lucid and so I
> understand how to implement it all, the thing I'm having trouble with
> though is why would I need to them? For example, I could suppress my
> functions using the @ sign and then use an if statement to check if
> they returned false or not. Similarly, I can also return various
> integers, like -4 and -5 for errors, and check those.
>
> Article: http://www.talkphp.com/showthread.php?t=1478
>
> As you can see, the article gives some reasons why, but I don't think
> it's quite convinced me that exceptions are the way to go. I thought
> maybe they'd introduce a lot more into the error handling side of
> things, but I think I am mistaken. Unless I am overlooking something?
Well, They give you the ability to encapsulate your error messages
inside the code that generates them, and them do something about them
outside. It makes a neat script , for one thing.
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