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From: Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Ada exceptions. unchecked?
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:37:14 GMT
Date: 2002-06-15T23:37:14+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D0BCFC5.A7B2D4C0@san.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SgOO8.4594$iR2.417932@news.xtra.co.nz

AG wrote:
> It may not be possible but it would be a good idea if it could be done.
> After all, if an exception (or, more generally, any result of execution)
> does not make sense to the caller, what's the point of sending it back?

Because it makes sense to whoever called the caller.

If A calls B, and B calls C, and C throws an except that B doesn't
understand how to handle (or that didn't even exist when B was compiled) but
A does, then A nevertheless cannot conveniently get the exception back in
Java.

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-15 23:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-12  7:00 Ada exceptions. unchecked? steve_H
2002-06-12 13:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-12 14:09 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-12 13:47   ` Mark Johnson
2002-06-12 15:40     ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-12 16:07       ` Darren New
2002-06-12 22:21         ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-06-13 14:36           ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-13 16:41             ` Darren New
2002-06-13 17:13               ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-13 17:48                 ` Darren New
2002-06-13 18:06                   ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-13 18:37                     ` Darren New
2002-06-13 19:14                       ` Hyman Rosen
2002-07-05 14:35                         ` Stephen J. Bevan
2002-06-12 19:25     ` Simon Wright
2002-06-12 22:19     ` Gisle Sælensminde
2002-06-13 14:27       ` Mark Johnson
2002-06-14 21:32         ` Gisle Sælensminde
2002-06-14 21:45           ` Darren New
2002-06-15 15:10           ` Simon Wright
2002-06-15 21:26             ` AG
2002-06-15 23:37               ` Darren New [this message]
2002-06-15 23:50                 ` AG
2002-06-15 23:57                   ` Darren New
2002-06-17 18:21             ` Charles Lindsey
2002-06-18 16:32             ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-18 19:48               ` Wes Groleau
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