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doc: don't recommend domains for error handling

Remove the suggestion to use domains for exception handling. Add clarity
to "unhandledException".

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/issues/2055
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/pull/2056
Reviewed-By: Trev Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chris Dickinson <chris@neversaw.us>
v4.0.0-rc
Benjamin Gruenbaum 10 years ago
committed by Trevor Norris
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@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ Example of listening for `uncaughtException`:
Note that `uncaughtException` is a very crude mechanism for exception
handling.
Don't use it, use [domains](domain.html) instead. If you do use it, restart
your application after every unhandled exception!
Do *not* use it as the io.js equivalent of `On Error Resume Next`. An
unhandled exception means your application - and by extension io.js itself -
is in an undefined state. Blindly resuming means *anything* could happen.
@ -114,6 +111,11 @@ is in an undefined state. Blindly resuming means *anything* could happen.
Think of resuming as pulling the power cord when you are upgrading your system.
Nine out of ten times nothing happens - but the 10th time, your system is bust.
`uncaughtException` should be used to perform synchronous cleanup before
shutting down the process. It is not safe to resume normal operation after
`uncaughtException`. If you do use it, restart your application after every
unhandled exception!
You have been warned.
## Event: 'unhandledRejection'

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