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Dmitry A. Kazakov schrieb:

> 1. It is *not* about semantics of exceptions, see above.
> 
> 2. The program design above (in my view) is fundamentally flawed, because
> exceptions are for programming, they are not for debugging.

OK, I beg to differ. Exceptions (starting with their very name)
should not be (mis)used for signalling information IMHO. Ada has
better tools for sending messages, or for information passing.


>> So we need a different program! One that enables the compiler
>> to notice that the exception announcements have been changed.
> 
> What for, if the handling is still same?

The exceptions have been switched so handling must make
a corresponding switch, but there is no way to notice this at
the client side (F(G(X)). Which was the point.