In article <3b7cf1bc_2@dnews>, ✉satserv.nl says...

> > Most arbitrary exception specifications will be useless
> "useless" maybe a little harsh. 

Well, I meant that we dont have so much freedom when
defining useful exceptional behavior. For example, here
is an arbitrary - and useless - exception behavior :


function Factorial(N : Integer);
begin
  case N of
    0: Result := 1;
    1: raise EFactorial.Create(1);
    2: Result := 2;
    3: raise EFactorial.Create(6);
    4: Result := 24;
    5: Result := 120;
    6: raise EFactorial.Create(720);
    ...
  else
    raise EFactorialOutOfRange.Create(N);
  end;
end;

> So learning to integrate code from other people has to 
> be part of your "bag'o'tricks".

Sure. Not much freedom is still much enough to generate
clashes.


--- Raoul