From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,98c463a9e98cfdf5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-15 16:37:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!dca6-feed2.news.algx.net!allegiance!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D0BCFC5.A7B2D4C0@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada exceptions. unchecked? References: <8db3d6c8.0206112300.3965a62b@posting.google.com> <3D0750F1.7A12342@raytheon.com> <3D08ABBA.C8AF105@raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:37:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1024184234 66.75.151.160 (Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:14 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26047 Date: 2002-06-15T23:37:14+00:00 List-Id: 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. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.