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Sure you can ignore it. You don't want to know the number of times I've seen people using the "try, catch, toss away the exception" structure in Java code.
by DarkShikari 18y ago
Sure you can ignore it. You don't want to know the number of times I've seen people using the "try, catch, toss away the exception" structure in Java code.
- mstevens 18y agoBut you have to actively decide to ignore it. Whereas when you're dealing with return codes, the default is to ignore.
- silentbicycle 18y agoIn OCaml, you're required to do something with the return from any non-void function. You can just say "ignore (f x)" to discard the result, so it's not hugely inconvenient, but causes suspect code to accumulate warning signs. It seems like a good compromise.
- mstevens 18y agoThis also seems like a pretty good strategy. I really need to take that OCaml book off the shelf.