Posted by Kevin L'Huillier on 06/28/05 17:40

> 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.

(As an aside, some day i will have to find out how many times the
word bloat appears on this list.)

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