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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:41:24 +0100
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On 17.03.11 13:39, robin wrote:
> Simon Wright wrote in message ...

>> Even if they had installed an exception handler, the only
>> proper response would have been to shutdown this node and hand over to
>> the alternate;
> 
> No, the exception handler could have done something sensible,
> such as using the maximum integer value, thus allowing the trajectory to continue.

Does the report say so?