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by Brendan Enrick via Brendan Enrick on 5/26/2010 2:34:20 PM
One too common programming practice that irks me when I find it in source code is throwing or catching non-specific exceptions. I believe firmly that it is important to fail fast, and exceptions are a great way to ensure fast-failing code. If you drag out a failure you can hide the initial issue or allow a process to continue after an error has happened. Using non-specific exceptions will also hide information. Failing quickly is important as is being able to respond correctly to an exception an
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