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Re:Unchecked Java: Say Goodbye to Checked Exceptions Forever by twelve40 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:51PM (#36714219)
> you can bet someone higher up the stack will do try catch Exception e

But that's laziness on the caller's part. If I offer a method but the caller decides to do reckless lazy crap with it, there are many different ways to get there in any language. I typically call those out (Exception e) at code reviews.

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Re:Unchecked Java: Say Goodbye to Checked Exceptions Forever by bedobi on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:15PM (#36714584)
This is the most common reply I see whenever anyone proposes a safer, better way of coding, and it's not a good one
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Re:Unchecked Java: Say Goodbye to Checked Exceptions Forever by esafak on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:04PM (#36715962)
...because doing the right thing should be convenient, for its own good.
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