Re: [boost] [outcome] success-or-failure objects

Subject: Re: [boost] [outcome] success-or-failure objects
From: Richard Hodges (hodges.r_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-23 21:12:56

> I have a question, who throws exceptions to indicate logic errors?

I do. In a production server environment, I want to catch logic errors with
an exception trace (nested exceptions) and the emit that nested exception
info to a FATAL log record so it can be investigated.

Of course in a debug build, this will assert first, but that's the last
thing I want in production.

On 23 January 2018 at 21:42, Emil Dotchevski via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:44 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On 23/01/2018 13:52, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira via Boost wrote:
> > > I'm liking what I saw so far. Just a small comment on the
> documentation.
> > > I'm curious what the following sentence does even mean? Is it supposed
> to
> > > confuse the user or something? It's a sign of bad taste really.
> > >
> > >> Outcome’s default is to not provide value-or-error objects. It
> provides
> > > success-or-failure objects.
> > >
> > > What does that even mean? value-or-error... well, if it is non-error, I
> > > assume it is success. Both sentences mean just the same. As do their
> API
> > > (encapsulate either A or B). The rest of the paragraph is okay. If you
> > just
> > > remove this comment, confusion will go away. No other changes need to
> be
> > > done in this paragraph. Just remove this misleading means-nothing
> > comment.
> >
> > Literally, straight after what you quoted it says:
> >
> > "Outcome’s default is to not provide value-or-error objects. It provides
> > success-or-failure objects. We define the difference as being “having
> > programmable actions in response to no-value observation other than
> > throwing a hard coded logic error type exception”."
> >
> > Can you explain why this is confusing to you?
> >
>
> I have a question, who throws exceptions to indicate logic errors?
>
> Emil
>
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