Bug#472053: Fwd: [Rxtx] gnu.io.RXTXPort discards exception silently if initialization fails

[Scott Howard]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Erskine <msemtd at googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Rxtx] gnu.io.RXTXPort discards exception silently if
initialization fails
To: "rxtx at qbang.org" <rxtx at qbang.org>


On 23 June 2010 06:38, Kustaa Nyholm <Kustaa.Nyholm at planmeca.com> wrote:
>
>> I did change the code to
>>                try {
>>                        z = new Zystem();
>>                } catch ( Exception e ) {
>>                        throw new Error(e.toString());
>>                };
>
> Is there a reason why this could/should not be:
>
>
>>                try {
>>                        z = new Zystem();
>>                } catch ( Throwable e ) {
>>                        e.printStackTrace(System.err);
>>                };

Or even just let the exception bubble up and kill whatever thread
caused the class to load :)

I vote for the removal of Zystem BTW!

Regards,
Michael Erskine.
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