Re: Handling exceptions -- hiding exceptions from calling code

[David Trudgett <wpower@zeta.org.au.nospamplease>]

tmoran@acm.org writes:

>  loop
>    begin
>      Get(Move);
>      exit;
>    exception
>      when ...
>        put("...");
>        skip_line; -- toss any other garbage on that bad line
>    end;
>  end loop;
>  skip_line;  -- on to the next thing
>
>>because of the scope for infinite recursion:
>    only if your user has infinite stubborness.

Yes, indeed! ;-)

Thanks very much for that. It worked nicely! Adding an enclosing block
is obviously the key here.

David

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