23 Mar
2007
23 Mar
'07
11:49 p.m.
Mathias Gaunard wrote:
Marco wrote:
The other alternative is no error handling at all (J. Maddock) that is the library has some undefined bahaviours (M. Gaunard).
Well, isn't that how regular integers work? If you divide by zero, it's more of a programming error than an exception.
Some even claim division with zero can be meaningful, at least in a limited sense, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderson_%28computer_scientist%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullity see the BBC video or read viewers comments here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_featu... http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/12/06/divide_zero_featu... Have a great week-end. -- Bjørn