Re: Design Option: Exception handling vs Code Testing....
Re: Design Option: Exception handling vs Code Testing....
- Subject: Re: Design Option: Exception handling vs Code Testing....
- From: Michael Ash <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:04:46 -0700
On Thursday, June 10, 2010, Kyle Sluder <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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.
It's not illegal; objectAtIndex: is documented to throw a range
exception if you access something off the end. Relying on that is just
using documented behavior. It's not a good idea and is deeply contrary
to standard Cocoa idioms, but it's in no way illegal.
Mike
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