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Looking for guidance on exceptions

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Are there any books or other media that have good guidance on the use of exceptions in code? I'd like to get really deep here, so we can get a good understanding of how & when to use exceptions correctly.

What's your favorite?

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  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2004
    I believe there is an exception management application block put out by the patterns & practices group. Sorry I don't have a URL for you but it should be pretty easy to find.
  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2004
    Exceptional C++
    and
    More Exceptional C++
    Both by Herb Sutter who probably works down the hallway from you ;-)

    The ideas on exception safety are invaluable whatever language you program in

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201615622/qid=1088721775/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9671151-6937431?v=glance&s=books
  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2004
    I have to agree with Indranil. The other place to look may be in Andy Koenig's writing. I seem to remember some good materials by him.
  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2004
    A couple of years ago, I read Jeffrey Richter's Applied Microsoft.NET Framework. It has a whole chapter on exception handling including the code that you need to put in your exceptions to make them serializable. Also, he discusses inconsistencies in the Foundation Class Library's exceptions.

    -Weston
  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2004
    Concur with the above concerning the EMAB and EMAG. I have a list of more than a dozen references here: http://geekswithblogs.net/mtreadwell/archive/2004/03/23/3273.aspx. These are for MSDN, blogs and Code Project. For deep, you can't beat Chris Brumme's "The Exception Model" blog entry.