Re: Exception Propagation

[Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>]

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:

> I would have preferred that an unhandled exception in a task
> caused termination of the entire program, you can always get
> the bizarre effect in the RM if you really want it by doing:
> 
>       exception when others => null;
> 
> at the outer level of a task


I don't understand this comment.  

Given this task body:

  task body T is
    ...
  begin
    ...
  exception
    when others => null;

  end T;


Are you saying that if an exception occurs, that that exception handler
will cause behavior other than silent termination of task T?