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  • A AlphaDeltaTheta

    What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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    object reference not set to an instance of an object index is outside the bounds of the array

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    • A AlphaDeltaTheta

      What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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      I can't remember.

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      • A AlphaDeltaTheta

        What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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        I'm sure there are lots, however, the one that is currently getting on my nerves is "File not found" being thrown by one of my Python scripts when I try to import a library, despite the fact I damn well know it's installed and working. Python seems very flakey when it comes to libraries, particularly on Windows. One day it works the next it doesn't.

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        • A AlphaDeltaTheta

          What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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          "An unexpected error has occured"[^] - you mean, as opposed to a totaly expected error, then? :doh:

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          • A AlphaDeltaTheta

            What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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            Back in my dark COBOL days "Abnormal abend", that could indicate anything.

            When the going gets weird the weird turn pro - Hunter S Thompson RIP

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            • J Jacquers

              object reference not set to an instance of an object index is outside the bounds of the array

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              Those are easy to analyze and fix though..

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                "An unexpected error has occured"[^] - you mean, as opposed to a totaly expected error, then? :doh:

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                You should expect exceptions whenever you do something which your code can't guarantee to be successful. And you should write code to catch and handle the problems you expect. Whenever an exception lands in a general exception handler, it obviously was not expected and not really handled, just reported. But I agree, if that's all a program has to say about an error, then the error handling is a little thin.

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                • pkfoxP pkfox

                  Back in my dark COBOL days "Abnormal abend", that could indicate anything.

                  When the going gets weird the weird turn pro - Hunter S Thompson RIP

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                  <shudder> I'd forgotten that one: OS/360 in my case. And wasn't the explanation helpfull as well? "The RTM2WA is pointed to by the TCB of the failing task (field TCBRTWA), and is listed after the abnormally ending TCB." Why can't you just say "You forgot a comma you idiot" and let us both move on? :laugh:

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                    You should expect exceptions whenever you do something which your code can't guarantee to be successful. And you should write code to catch and handle the problems you expect. Whenever an exception lands in a general exception handler, it obviously was not expected and not really handled, just reported. But I agree, if that's all a program has to say about an error, then the error handling is a little thin.

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                    That was about the only error reporting you seemed to get with Microsoft C in the DOS days. Ot at least, the only reporting I can remember. (I couldn't find an image of the DOS screen, where it was that and an "OK" and "Cancel" button, both of which did the same thing: crash.)

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                    • A AlphaDeltaTheta

                      What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        That was about the only error reporting you seemed to get with Microsoft C in the DOS days. Ot at least, the only reporting I can remember. (I couldn't find an image of the DOS screen, where it was that and an "OK" and "Cancel" button, both of which did the same thing: crash.)

                        The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

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                        And everything we wrote that long ago was better? :)

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          <shudder> I'd forgotten that one: OS/360 in my case. And wasn't the explanation helpfull as well? "The RTM2WA is pointed to by the TCB of the failing task (field TCBRTWA), and is listed after the abnormally ending TCB." Why can't you just say "You forgot a comma you idiot" and let us both move on? :laugh:

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                          Wonderful stuff !!!

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                            <shudder> I'd forgotten that one: OS/360 in my case. And wasn't the explanation helpfull as well? "The RTM2WA is pointed to by the TCB of the failing task (field TCBRTWA), and is listed after the abnormally ending TCB." Why can't you just say "You forgot a comma you idiot" and let us both move on? :laugh:

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                            Ah yes the compiler messages of MicroFocus COBOL !!! - miss one full-stop (period) and you would get 1000's of errors. Deep joy.

                            When the going gets weird the weird turn pro - Hunter S Thompson RIP

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                            • A AlphaDeltaTheta

                              What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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                              Quote:

                              "Error: Cannot delete 6342_637.oft, there is not enough disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, and then try again."

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                                And everything we wrote that long ago was better? :)

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                                Well, I at least tried to tell the user what he had done wrong. Most of the time. Some of the time, probably. But MS didn't even give a nod towards "user friendly" in those days; it was "user hostile" at best, and "outright hatred" at worst.

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                                  Quote:

                                  "Error: Cannot delete 6342_637.oft, there is not enough disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, and then try again."

                                  Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.

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                                  Oh god, I'd forgotten that piece of zen wonderfulnes

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Oh god, I'd forgotten that piece of zen wonderfulnes

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                                    Not an exception but with the same flavour. During windows start-up device detection: "Keyboard error or no keyboard present." and below the well known "Press F1 to continue or ESC to enter SETUP."

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                                    • A AlphaDeltaTheta

                                      What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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                                      0xC0000005, aka Windows access violation. Detection is nowhere near the place in your source code that caused the problem, and the actual cause usually has nothing to do with an attempt to access any kind of protected object.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      • A AlphaDeltaTheta

                                        What's in your mind is the worst exception in programming?? My favourite is Out of Memory!

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                                        Oh, just remembered another one: "<unknown> had detected an error in <unknown>, <unknown> will now close."

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                                          0xC0000005, aka Windows access violation. Detection is nowhere near the place in your source code that caused the problem, and the actual cause usually has nothing to do with an attempt to access any kind of protected object.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

                                          Windows access violation.

                                          Access is a violation of many things and deserves its own exception. ;)

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