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| author | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2010-04-07 16:13:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2010-04-07 16:13:14 -0700 |
| commit | a3db32d2a641f8d2d8a0e37e8ae226134b85dd79 (patch) | |
| tree | 4fbeaec22fd22ba054cbe6be86aee76d906238bb | |
| parent | 956926ee31af1d7901d9e04c7eeab2c84aa8b212 (diff) | |
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Language FAQ: editing tweaks after iant.
R=iant
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/874043
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diff --git a/doc/go_lang_faq.html b/doc/go_lang_faq.html index 2fd71936ba..b8deb15343 100644 --- a/doc/go_lang_faq.html +++ b/doc/go_lang_faq.html @@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ This remains an open issue. <h3 id="exceptions"> Why does Go not have exceptions?</h3> <p> -We believe that coupling the usual idea of exceptions to a control +We believe that coupling exceptions to a control structure, as in the <code>try-catch-finally</code> idiom, results in convoluted code. It also tends to encourage programmers to label too many ordinary errors, such as failing to open a file, as -exceptional. And then the type system gets mixed in. +exceptional. </p> <p> -Go takes a different approach. Instead of exceptions, it has couple +Go takes a different approach. Instead of exceptions, it has a couple of built-in functions to signal and recover from truly exceptional conditions. The recovery mechanism is executed only as part of a function's state being torn down after an error, which is sufficient |