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From: "R. Tim Coslet" <coslett@kaisere.com>
Subject: Re: Exception Propagation
Date: 1999/06/08
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No, he means something like...

  task body T is
    ...
  begin
    ...            -- Do one time task "setup" code here.
    loop
        ...        -- Do task "setup" code needed to "restart" here.
        begin
            ...    -- Main body of task.
        exception
        when others =>
            ...    -- Do "exception recovery & reporting" code here.
        end;
    end loop;

  end T;

This task can not be terminated by any exception, it just "restarts" at the
loop.

The "exception recovery & reporting" code might be null.


            R. Tim Coslet



Matthew Heaney wrote:

> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
>
> > I would have preferred that an unhandled exception in a task
> > caused termination of the entire program, you can always get
> > the bizarre effect in the RM if you really want it by doing:
> >
> >       exception when others => null;
> >
> > at the outer level of a task
>
> I don't understand this comment.
>
> Given this task body:
>
>   task body T is
>     ...
>   begin
>     ...
>   exception
>     when others => null;
>
>   end T;
>
> Are you saying that if an exception occurs, that that exception handler
> will cause behavior other than silent termination of task T?