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.
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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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