We have IMP_THROW to raise exceptions no matter the mode. Also, TextInput objects should throw exceptions in all modes. In python that should be good enough. In C++ you probably should have a big catch in main that prints out e.what() for exception e.
On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Keren Lasker <kerenl@salilab.org> wrote:
> hello -
>
> Say a program needs to read a parameter file.
> having IMP_USAGE_CHECK to check that the file is open is not optimal because it will not show up in fast mode.
> assuming that i will then just have a simple IF statement, what is the best way to exit the program ?
> a exit(1); seems bad especially if the program should be run though a webserver and we want to notify users on the exact problem.
>
> did someone have similar problems?
>
> thanks, keren.
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