Thu Sep 24 04:35:05 GMT 2009 failfastHave read this article long time before: http://www.martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/failFast.pdf However, the more I work on programming the more I find that reasonable default (may be with logging) work better in some cases, but really need to beware about the cost of debugging if there is problem.... Another discussion about failfast vs. failsafe - http://www.certpal.com[..]009/09/iterators-fail-fast-vs-fail-safe/ (google search) (amazon search) second |