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Refactoring Undifferentiated Exceptions

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Bill Wake

Some exception-handling code peels apart exceptions to figure out how to handle them. This is a missed opportunity for more direct code. The Simple Case: Type-Tested Exceptions Sometimes we see handler code like this: catch (Exception e) { // possible Continue reading Refactoring Undifferentiated Exceptions→

Testing Exceptions: Harder Than It Looks

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Bill Wake

Exceptions are one of the most complicated constructs in many languages. Because of that, testing exceptions is one of the harder tests to do. Consider the following code. Assume block1 through block3 are straight-line code, each ending with a statement Continue reading Testing Exceptions: Harder Than It Looks→