Re: exception handling

I think you are misunderstanding me. I am speaking of the main() function of
a thread, which in itself is just one of the components of the system. This
system does not have to be centralised or hierarchical.
Cezary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herman Bruyninckx" <[email protected]>
To: "Cezary Zielinski" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Orocos] exception handling


> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Cezary Zielinski wrote:
>
> > You are right - low level components simply report errors. The high
level
> > execution automaton reacts differently to different categories of
errors. By
> > high level I mean the main() function of a thread. If this automaton
would
> > have to deal with each error separately it would be very complex. That
is
> > why it is reasonable to categorise errors.
>
> This is the main drawback of a centralized architecture: the ``main()
> function'' has to be omni-scient. This indeed doesn't scale, and it
> introduces too many couplings.
>
> Herman