Re: Safely converting String to Float ?

[Preben Randhol <randhol@pvv.org>]

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
 
| If this dumps core, you have an installation problem. This
| program should raise Data_Error and certainly does when I
| run it:
| 
|    raised ADA.IO_EXCEPTIONS.DATA_ERROR : a-tiflau.adb:88

Hmm. I have only installed the Gnat 3.12p RPM from
http://www.gnuada.org/rpms312p.html

Maybe I forgot to install something.

| Of course since you have no handler for data error, the
| program is terminated. Go study the use of exception handlers
| in whatever text or tutorial you are reading, that's what you
| need here!

Yes, but you'r saying that it should not dump core even if I don't use
exceptions here, right?

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