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gleamer
14y ago
The main problem with the idea of abusing exceptions as a control flow structure is the fact that they were designed to subvert and obscure the flow of control of any program that uses them. If people start to mindlessly pull clever stunts
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gleamer
14y ago
Exceptions, as implemented in languages such as C++, also influence the flow of execution. Therefore, technically, exceptions are a kind of control flow structure. But it doesn't mean that abusing exceptions as control structures is a reas