From 5698178297101527216 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f78e5,972722ed514d508a X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-06 12:53:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Mike Schilling Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: try block as main block of a function Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:52:51 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3B6ECE3D.9FBA1D55@ebay.sun.com> References: <3b6061b5.1188820@news.terra.es> <9jr8bd$19vqd$1@ID-49767.news.dfncis.de> <9k34ms$2akk5$1@ID-49767.news.dfncis.de> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 997127576 mail2news:27553 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Accept-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id FAA03808 Lines: 18 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:6872 Anthony Williams wrote: > For functions [a try-block as the body of a function] > saves a level of indentation and a pair of braces, but > otherwise is identical to a function body containing nothing but a try > block. The only reason I can see for not recommending it is portability > (e.g.Daniel Garc=EDa's original problem wrt MSVC). It's also a rare construct, confusing to anyone who hasn't seen it before, and will cause problems using editors which know that a function begins with a brace in column 1, as well as other code analysis tools.=20 IMHO, all good reasons not to recommend it. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]