Re: NYIException

[Per Bothner]

David Holmes wrote:

> - UnsupportedOperationException
>
>   + semantically close in meaning
>   + allows simple use of try/catch in portable programs
>   - not uniquely defining ie grepping for it will give false results

The proposal from March takes care of this:
   throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented[ - optional 
reason]");
This makes grep easy.

  + No new classes needed.
  + No dependency on non-standard classes.  I.e. somebody can contribute
an incomplete implementation of a class that without having to depend
on ClassPath.

> - NYIException
>
>   + semantically exact in meaning

True.  However to what extent is this useful?
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