Lads,

I do not wish to be a-retentive, but I think we need some policy on the naming of exceptions.

The ANSI spec introduces nicely named exceptions like DiveByZero and MessageNotUnderstood.

We seem to be introducing things like 
#MyTestError 
#VMMakerException 
#FileExistsException 
#CannotDeleteFileException 
#XMLWarningException 
#InvalidDirectoryError 
#SAXException 
#XMLInvalidException #FileStreamException #FileDoesNotExistException #SAXMalformedException #SAXParseException #XMLMalformedException #ProgressInitiationException #ApplescriptError #Error #SyntaxError #Exception #XMLException #MyResumableTestError #FTPConnectionException)

DeprecatedException so
>> that we can
>> trap them specifically.
>>
>> So we do not follow the deprecated pattern a la java in the
>> sense that
>> we do not say in the future this method will be deprecated and still
>> let it. We were thinking that we could
>> go faster than way.
>>
>> But I like your idea to add deprecated in ProtoObject.
>>
>> For now I was doing that this way
>>
>> allBehaviorDo: aBlock
>>
>> 	self flag: #deprecated.
>> 	self error: 'This method is deprecated please use
>> SystemNavigation>>allBehaviorDo:'
>>
>>
>>
>> Stef
>>
>> On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 09:45 AM, Brent Pinkney wrote:
>>
>>> OK,
>>>
>>> I have been following the harvesting thread for a while now
>> and have
>>> been called apon to revide my DateAndTime stuff. This
>> removes a couple
>>> of yucky methods that have crept into Date and Time.
>>>
>>> What is the preffered method of deprecating classes and methods ?
>>>
>>> In the full image of yore it was relatively simple. In the
>> SqueakMap
>>> era, how do I know I can cull a redundant or yucky method/class ?
>>>
>>> The alternative for endless backward compatibility seems to
>> be a cop
>>> out. A tight lean elegant implementation is important.
>>>
>>> I propose calling ProtoObject>>#deprecated in the to be deprecated
>>> method. Two versions later this should cause and exception.
>>> Alternatively move the methods to the deprecated category, although
>>> this may not play nicely with DVS.
>>>
>>> Ideas ?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Brent
>>>
>>>
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