[plt-scheme] Re: XMLRPC & drscheme

Hi Roger,

Your post raises a question. I know my library isn't well behaved, in 
that it allows errors like you're seeing to percolate up to the end-user 
of my code, whereas it seems like I should handle those more gracefully 
internally. I'll be glad to help you track down what's going on as best 
I can (off-list), and if there's anything that should be included 
(on-list) for others to eventually learn from the archive, I'll dump 
that back here.

The question I have, though, is this: what is the "recommended" approach 
library maintainers should follow in the PLT parthenon w.r.t. errors? 
Should I parameterize over the error types of the libraries I rely on, 
and deal with them in the most graceful way I can? Should I catch and 
rethrow? Document what I deal with and what I don't, so end-users can 
deal with any errors generated by my library (as well as supporting 
libraries)?

What is good SE practice in this kind of situation?

Thanks,
Matt