ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

[Lost User]

The modern version;

catch
{
// all
}

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

[stoneyowl2]

"IF THEN MAYBE", "DO SOMETHING" and "GO SOMEWHERE" have always had a special place in my heart.... MAYBEBOL

[Richard Deeming]

Not quite - the modern version would require wrapping every single statement in its own "Pokémon exception-handling" block. Which would mean splitting all variable declarations from their assignments, since a variable declared inside a try block can't be used outside of that block. Which would also mean giving every variable some sort of default value, either when they're declared, or in the empty catch block for the first line that assigns them. And don't forget to update the properties of the global Err object, in case the user gave any thought to checking for errors on the following line, and didn't just let their code trundle on regardless and destroy the program state / database / computer / world. Having worked with VBScript many years ago, where this was the only form of error handling allowed, it's an horrendous construct. Whoever came up with the idea deserves a good beating with the clue-bat.

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"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

[Lost User]

I like their error-handlers, at least it is honest.

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[Stephen Hewitt]

That's more like ON ERROR BAIL.

Steve

[Lost User]

Richard Deeming wrote:

Whoever came up with the idea deserves a good beating with the clue-bat.

Probably someone who got paid per LOC.

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[Mark_Wallace]

I've worked at places where it's ON ERROR RESUME UPDATE. (You'll have to imagine the accents)

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[kmoorevs]

DaveAuld wrote:

just popped into my head

I mumble this when something goes wrong...of course the wife doesn't get it. :laugh: It's the be-all, catch-all of error handling constructs, and not a bad way to approach life sometimes! I can always apply a condition based on Err.Number! :laugh:

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

[Lost User]

break;

The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

[Gary Wheeler]

ON ERROR FORGET ABOUT IT

from MAYBEBOL seems to be most directly in the spirit of the OP.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Ryan Peden]

I like INTERCAL's ABSTAIN. You get statements like:

PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM CALCULATING

Also, to exit the program, you use:

PLEASE GIVE UP

The PLEASE is optional. If you don't use it enough, through, the compiler will reject your program for not being polite enough. You do have to be careful with it: using PLEASE too often will get your program rejected for excessive politeness.

[OriginalGriff]

You hold 'im, I'll hit 'im. Then we can swap places. Repeatedly.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

[ZurdoDev]

The only people who complain about this statement are the same ones who didn't know how to use it properly. :-\

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

[Richard Deeming]

The only way to use On Error Resume Next properly is to never use it. :)

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"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

[Nagy Vilmos]

Just about any COBOL will fit that, `ADD 1 TO COUNT` for instance.

veni bibi saltavi

[Mark_Wallace]

Richard Deeming wrote:

Hodor Programming Language[^] :-D

That would be funnier if it didn't look almost exactly like a lot of the Java code I've had to manage.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Richard Deeming wrote:

he modern version would require wrapping every single statement in its own "Pokémon exception-handling" block. Which would mean splitting all variable declarations from their assignments, since a variable declared inside a try block can't be used outside of that block. Which would also mean giving every variable some sort of default value, either when they're declared, or in the empty catch block for the first line that assigns them. And don't forget to update the properties of the global Err object, in case the user gave any thought to checking for errors on the following line, and didn't just let their code trundle on regardless and destroy the program state / database / computer / world

Ah! Now I understand why you love VB so much!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Not the best War Games paraphrase I've ever seen, but it'll do.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Well, PERFORM sthg VARYING FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL COUNT > 5 could do with a little work, but your point is still 90% valid.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Does it have private and public statements, too? e.g:

PRIVATE PLEASE SHAKE_IT_BABY

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