note dragonchild My point is that if you're wrapping in a try-block, you should be throwing exceptions, even something like Error::OK or the like. In fact, I wouldn't even call them exceptions, really. They're more like signals within the same process. Just because we use them 99.999% of the time to indicate an abnormal situation doesn't mean that this is what they should be limited to ... <p>------<br><i>We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.</i><p>Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means <i>Worry only about what you need to implement.</i><p>Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified. 278619 278982