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Re: Non-fatal "critical errors": Can they be ignored automatically?
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Alexander Malmberg |
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Re: Non-fatal "critical errors": Can they be ignored automatically? |
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Sat, 08 Nov 2003 03:12:15 +0100 |
Mike wrote:
[snip]
> Ignoring each of these leaves me with a perfectly functional GNUMail.
> They are non-fatal and annoying.
>
> What I'm wondering is if there's a global default I can write which will
> cause any such errors to be automatically ignored, instead of bothering me
> with them.
No, and IMHO, there shouldn't be. Uncaught exceptions indicate that
something has gone very wrong, and although it may be possible to
continue in some cases, that isn't true in the general case. Instead,
the exceptions should be reported so that they can be fixed.
- Alexander Malmberg