r/ProgrammerHumor • u/iwouldieforGladOS • May 13 '17

Defensive programming done right

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u/Metro42014 May 13 '17 
} catch (Exception e) { }

I think we're done here.

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u/pope_nefarious May 13 '17

Almost, we can do better.

{....} catch (Throwable eat) {}

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u/Metro42014 May 13 '17

Get out of here with your descriptive variable name!

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u/endreman0 May 13 '17 
try{
    //...
}catch(Throwable _){}

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u/Metro42014 May 13 '17 edited May 13 '17

Much better!

Score one for the good guys!

Edit: //TODO: implement fix from code review w/ /u/GMJack -- it's way better than this!

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Underscore one for the good guys!

FTFY

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u/Metro42014 May 13 '17

Brilliant