Title :
Concrete error handling mechanisms should be configurable
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Abstract :
We argue that programmers should not need to decide on a specific error handling mechanism when implementing a C or C++ library. Rather, it should be possible to make that decision at configuration time in order to achieve better portability and more convenient use of libraries.
Keywords :
C++ language; program debugging; C library; C++ library; concrete error handling mechanisms; configuration time; decision time; specific error handling mechanism; Abstracts; Concrete; Libraries; Programming; Software engineering; Standards; Switches; C; C++; error handling; exceptions; portability; programming languages; software engineering; source-to-source; translation;
Conference_Titel :
Exception Handling (WEH), 2012 5th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1767-2
DOI :
10.1109/WEH.2012.6226598
