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: 103376,52fd60a337c05842 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-16 19:16:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!cox.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!59ce1190!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D0D466E.AC7A93C5@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada paper critic References: <3D095F70.8090001@telepath.com> <3D0A3B59.4A4B9E04@acm.org> <3D0D0F4A.FCB346CD@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 02:16:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.8.206 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1024280170 63.184.8.206 (Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:16:10 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:16:10 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26110 Date: 2002-06-17T02:16:10+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > > > the Ada intent is that the information be carried primarily by the > > exception name. You should not be using a single exception and > > differentiating between logical exceptions by the information attached > > to that exception. > > Indeed you shouldn't. You should use a single exception > and differentiate by information dropped into a global > ErrNo. What a wonderful idea! I wonder why no one ever thought of it before. > > :-) -- Jeff Carter "Sons of a silly person." Monty Python & the Holy Grail