[Qt5-feedback] new Qt5 - great! - but: What about exceptions?

[Robin Burchell]

On 13/05/11 22:11, Iván Todorovich wrote:
> There could be a precompiler flag like QT_THROW_EXEPTIONS to
> enable/disable and maintain source compatibility with old
> applications, AND keep evolving at the same time.

Which then puts application authors in a position where they don't 
*know* how the library they're using will report errors, thus, system 
upgrades could suddenly break applications. I'm not sure that sounds 
like a very good option.

(Plus you'd then end up in the awkward situation of having error code 
return values - or as pointer/reference uses in some cases, as well as 
an exception.)

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Robin Burchell
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