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Re: Design Option: Exception handling vs Code Testing....


  • Subject: Re: Design Option: Exception handling vs Code Testing....
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:11:41 -0700

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Frederick C.Lee
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Greetings:
>    I have a situation where I need to access a member of a mutable array (max 4 members).
> Sometimes I could get an out-of-bounds exception, if for example, I try to access member #3 out of a 2-member array.
> It's not serious, I could just ignore it and continue.

No, you cannot. It is illegal and must not be done.

Just check the count of the array before accessing it. But the fact
that you have this possibility at all is indicative of poor design.

--Kyle Sluder
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