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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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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