Re: [Boost-Users] Re: [BGL] Best way to abort an algorithm from withi n a visitor?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-19 12:40:30

From: "Jeff Faust" <jeff_at_[hidden]>
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> Something is more maintainable if it is more understood.

Even if it's made more complicated by littering the algorithms with
completely redundant return value checks?

> Exceptions are meant for exceptional cases. [...]

Define "exceptional cases". How exceptions work is well defined, and
therefore can be understood, whereas an "exceptional case" is always assumed
to be intuitively obvious.

> Staying within expectations may mean sacrificing performance.  There is
> often a trade-off between performance and maintainability.  The pros and
> cons should be weighed and a choice made.

Performance? It's about code clarity, not performance.