Subj : Re: try catch blocks
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?= <georg@bioshop.de>
Date : Fri May 16 2003 08:39 pm

Brendan Eich wrote:
> Why is this an "awful hack"?

It does not look like known from strong typed languages like C++ or 
Java. With JS 2.0 this strong looking on  the data type comes to 
JavaScript, so with JS 2.0 such a hack is not needed, becaus the same 
syntax as known from the other mebers of the C language family mmight be 
used.

try
{
}
catch(elephants e)
{
}
catch(bees e)
{
}
catch(mice e)
{
}
catch(...)
{
}

> In JS1, it's necessary

only if we are unpatient and don't want to wait for JS 2.0
> Yes, of course -- JS2 is quite a different language.  What made your 
> comment relevant to JS1?

I think we can wait for JS 2.0 if we need it.


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