On: Stop Catching Exceptions

[chiffonade]

> Use finally to stabilize program state when exceptions are thrown > Catch and handle exceptions locally when the effects of the error are local and completely understood > Wrap independent units of work in try-catch blocks to handle errors that have global impact

... isn't this what everybody does?

[brlewis → chiffonade]

I have the opposite impression, but maybe that's because when a Java library does this right I never have to dive into the code.

[paul_houle → chiffonade]

i wish it was