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[Kitesurfer1962]

I don't like using exceptions. I read an article about pro's and con's ( http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38449/C-Exceptions-Pros-and-Cons ).

[Zephilinox]

Don't forget to remove that period '.' when you open the link, otherwise 404.

[Kitesurfer1962]

Sorry, changed it.

[hanst99]

That article basically just says that it's hard to turn a project that wasn't exception safe to begin with into an exception safe one. That's more of an argument against bad planning than against exceptions.

[Zephilinox]

4. Conclusion

There is no simple answer to the "exceptions or error codes" question. The decision needs to be made based on a specific situation that a development team faces. Some rough guidelines may be:

If you have a good development process and code standards that are actually being followed, if you are writing modern-style C++ code that relies on RAII to clean up resources for you, if your code base is modular, using exceptions may be a good idea.

If you are working with code that was not written with exception safety in mind, if you feel there is a lack of discipline in your development team, or if you are developing hard real-time systems, you should probably not use exceptions.