[Exceptions] InvalidDirectoryError non-resumable but resuming via
defaultAction?
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Thu Jul 14 23:11:40 UTC 2005
Hi -
I just ran into a really weird situation. It seems that
InvalidDirectoryError is impossible to handle by a client in the same
way that it implements its defaultAction. In the defaultAction,
InvalidDirectoryError simply returns an empty array which -for a client-
would be equivalent to invoking "error resume: #()". But being a
subclass of Error InvalidDirectoryError is marked non-resumable and
raises another exception when trying to resume it.
Questions: Conceptually, should it even be allowed for a non-resumable
exception to do what InvalidDirectoryError does from its defaultAction?
If so, what (except using #resumeUnchecked: ) is a client supposed to do
in that situation? It appears that one can also #pass the exception but
that seems to be a very brittle way of relying on an unchanging default
behavior of that exception.
Any insights? For now I think I'll #pass but it feels just very wrong.
Cheers,
- Andreas
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