> Given that Google's existing code is not exception-tolerant, the costs of using exceptions are somewhat greater than the costs in a new project.
> ...Things would probably be different if we had to do it all over again from scratch.
It's quite ironic to cite the Google C++ Style Guide as somehow supporting the case against exceptions. It's saying the opposite: we would probably use exceptions, but it's too late now, and we can't.
> Given that Google's existing code is not exception-tolerant, the costs of using exceptions are somewhat greater than the costs in a new project.
> ...Things would probably be different if we had to do it all over again from scratch.
It's quite ironic to cite the Google C++ Style Guide as somehow supporting the case against exceptions. It's saying the opposite: we would probably use exceptions, but it's too late now, and we can't.
Somehow people miss this...