Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++

Chapter 7. Error Handling, Exceptions, and Software Reliability

	“It is always possible to invent over-elaborate models to explain a set of observable facts, but the scientist, if not the philosopher, will always accept the simplest theory that is consistent with all the data.”
	--Alastair Rae, Quantum Physics Illusion or Reality

In this Chapter

• What is Software Reliability?

• Failures in Software Layers and Hardware Components

• Definitions of Defects Depend on Software Specifications

• Recognizing Where to Handle Defects versus Where to Handle Exceptions

• Software Reliability: A Simple Plan

• Using Map Objects in Error Handling

• Exception Handling Mechanisms in C++

• Event Diagrams, Logic Expressions, and Logic Diagrams

• Summary

One of the primary goals of software ...