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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: We have a new standard!
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 10:13:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:14:00 -0500
Sam <sam@email-scan.com> gabbled:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
>
>> On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:53:11 -0500
>> Sam <sam@email-scan.com> gabbled:
>>> A full throw specifier can also be validated for correctness, in the same  
>>> exact FUCKING way, at compile time. This would look like…
>>
>> You seem to be getting very worked up about it. I don't know about java but
>> in C++ exceptions are just that - for exceptional circumstances. They're not
>> supposed to be used as glorified return statements so should be rarely used
>> anyway so frankly who gives a fuck about sigs?
>
>You convinced me. Let's just get rid of function signatures entirely. It's  
>time to get to basics, the K&R way.

Parameter types are a *teensy* bit more important.