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[MANTA] exit() in Manta is bad


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  • From: James Bigler <bigler@cs.utah.edu>
  • To: "'manta@sci.utah.edu'" <manta@sci.utah.edu>, render@sci.utah.edu
  • Subject: [MANTA] exit() in Manta is bad
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:41:49 -0600
Please, please, please, don't use exit() in Manta code. Manta is used as a library in other places and having it take your whole application down is a Bad Thing (TM).

You should use exceptions:

if (bad thing)
  throw InternalError("Bad thing happened", __FILE__, __LINE__);

Thanks,
James



  • [MANTA] exit() in Manta is bad, James Bigler, 07/18/2007

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