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supercat910-Jul-09 9:36
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Thomas Weller10-Jul-09 0:29
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singh.iz.king10-Jul-09 3:43
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supercat914-Jul-09 6:10
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VS reporting the problem isn't swallowing the exception either, it is processing it and reporting the existance of a problem - exactly what exceptions are there for.

The "-1" return seems overly vague as to what problem occurred when computing the data, but it does indicate that a problem occurred. I would not expect the caller of a function like the one given to ignore the return value. It may not process it particularly as an error, but it would probably store it someplace.

Suppose the objective is to produce a table showing various data associated with a bunch of people; for whatever reason, certain data will be unavailable for certain people. Exceptions would be appropriate if one's objective was to leave unprocessed any person for whom some information could not be retrieved correctly. Return codes are more appropriate if the objective is to produce a table in which computable values are filled in and uncomputable values show "N/A".
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