Re: Ada 0x, exception idea ?

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>]

"sk" <noname@myob.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.7.1059334209.320.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk:
>  > RM95 11.4.1 The Package Exceptions.
>
> Interesting,
>
> " ADA REFERENCE MANUAL
> "
> " Language and Standard Libraries
> "
> " Version 6.0
>
> Which resides in ".../gnat-3.15p-unx-docs/html/arm95.html"
>
> " 12.4.1 The Package Exceptions
>
> ... so it would seem that there are different LRM's floating
> about which I will have to track down :-(
>
>
>  > I think the idea is that you encode the integer into the string,
>  > and decode it out again, if need be. Certainly not elegant, but
>  > workable. (Speed is unlikely to be a concern.)
>
> Yuck :-)

Exceptions are NOT intended to be used for "normal" situations.

They are intended to be used for HIGHLY UNUSUAL situations, that MUST be
dealt with.