Exception handling design issues

  • Authors:
  • John B. Goodenough

  • Affiliations:
  • SofTech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices - Special issue on programming language design
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

Exception handling design issues are reflected in discussions by Zahn [1] Parnas [2], Hill [3], Elson [4], Organick [5], and myself [6, 7]. The purpose of this paper is to summarize these issues. This summary can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of proposed or existing exception handling language features and as a guide in designing new features.