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=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,820de86ed0dafb8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: reason67@my-deja.com Subject: Re: Help Me Please :) Date: 2000/03/28 Message-ID: <8bqcu2$s0p$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 603396188 References: <89rlvr$gn9$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> <38D8A607.F61F0FFF@mail.com> X-Http-Proxy: NetCache@www-blv-proxy5.boeing.com: Version NetApp Release 3.4D6: Mon Aug 23 16:40:19 PDT 1999-Solaris, 1.0 x35.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 12.13.226.15 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Mar 28 13:43:33 2000 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDreason67 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD Boeing Kit (Win95; I) Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert A Duff wrote: > (On the other hand, Ada *pretends* that it's OK to raise and handle > Constraint_Error, but if you read RM-11.6, you'll find that's not quite > true -- and I doubt if any Ada programmer other than Tucker Taft > actually *understands* 11.6. So in practise, 11.6 says, "Do not handle > predefined exceptions.") "Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for flying on the Boeing 777 Flight 633. Unfortunately, due to a minor bug in the flight control software raising a predefined exception and Ada RM section 11.6, the flight control software has crashed. We are now heading towards the ground at 700 miles per hour. Estimated time of arrival 10 seconds. Have a nice day." --- Jeffrey S. Blatt "If the truth will kill them, let them die." -- Immanuel Kant Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.