[COFF] Conditions, AKA exceptions.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Marshall,

> While all this error and exception discussion is going down, I have to
> mention this piece:
> http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/
>
> The author worked at MS on their "midori" research OS, and discussed
> what went into their decisions around using return codes, exceptions,
> etc. I felt it was a nice breakdown of the pros and cons of the
> different approaches, and fleshed out the concepts in my mind a bit.
> I thought others might enjoy it as well.

Thanks, it was a long read but enjoyable.

> That said, I absolutely loathe exceptions with all my heart.

I'm not a fan either.  The exceptions Joe introduces above are more of a
simpler syntax for handling return codes.  He gives the expanded
equivalent at one point.

I also liked his enthusiam for ‘abandonment’, similar to a BUG() macro.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.