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Weekly Scala Tip: As indiciated by @mariofusco here: http://twitter.com/mariofusco/status/81308217346506752 we should eliminate throwing exceptions up as much as possible.
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gistfile1.scala
scala> import scala.util.control._
import scala.util.control._
scala> Exception.catching(classOf[Throwable]).either{"1".toInt}
res2: Either[Throwable,Int] = Right(1)
scala> Exception.catching(classOf[Throwable]).either{"dave".toInt}
res3: Either[Throwable,Int] = Left(java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "dave")
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