Re: [Vala] How to ignore exceptions?

[Jim Peters <jim uazu net>]

Aleksander Wabik wrote:
> If there aren't any situations where ';' goes after '}', such
> situations should probably not be introduced. Syntax should be
> consistent. nocatch{} is then probably better than try{};, but I still
> like code attributes solution the most. The feature of pointing out
> exceptions that should be ignored is IMO pure code-generation thing,
> you don't change any logic by using nocatch {} instead of just ignoring
> the exception handling, you change only the generated code.

Maybe a different VAPI wrapper for the C function could be written
that doesn't generate an exception, if the exception is never useful.
So there could be two calls: do_something() and
do_something_ignore_error().

Jim

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