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A Discipline of Error Handling

Authors: 

Doug Moen

Abstract: 

In the UNIX world, exception handling mechanisms for error handling are often discussed, but seldom applied. This paper describes a disciplined approach to error handling that was refined over a 3-year period during the development of a medium-large (200K line) toolkit written in C under UNIX. We describe both a portable exception handing system, written in C, and a methodology for using it which encompasses coding style, doCumentation, and testing issues.

Doug Moen

BibTeX
@inproceedings {252406,
author = {Doug Moen},
title = {A Discipline of Error Handling},
booktitle = {USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference (USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference)},
year = {1992},
address = {San Antonio, TX},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-summer-1992-technical-conference/discipline-error-handling},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun,
}
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