[Exceptional C++ Style] Fw: Item 11: Try and Catch Me

[Klitos Kyriacou]

Terje Slettebø wrote:

> [...]
> "File doesn't exist, is read-only, or not enough disk space."
> 
> I mean, come on, you're the computer; you tell me: Doesn't it exist,
> is it read-only, or isn't there enough disk space? Am I supposed to 
> guess, here?
> 
> Same with:
> 
> "Can't delete file because it may be in use."
> 
> "May"?! Come on... You know it better than me. Could you also tell
> me _what_ is using it, so I may be able to release the file lock?

Consider yourself lucky. I once got the following message while trying to delete a file on Windows NT 4.0:

Cannot delete file: The disk is full. Please delete some files to free up some disk space, and then try the operation again.

Klitos

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