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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f3802cf9af5484e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-01 13:50:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey Creem" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8db3d6c8.0306011207.50b3ab6@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: [Announcement] Ada0Y.Directories - alpha release X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.5.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1054500626 66.31.5.146 (Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:50:26 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:50:26 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:50:26 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38293 Date: 2003-06-01T20:50:26+00:00 List-Id: "steve_H" wrote in message news:8db3d6c8.0306011207.50b3ab6@posting.google.com... >> Does the standard allow the user to obtain a specific error as to why > the exception occured? In practice, one would want to know WHY the error > occured, not just that AN error occured. > Depends...There is no errno or multi-returnvalue but usually the idea here is to use different exceptions for cases that should be processed differently and provide the extra "programmer info" type stuff from something like Ada.Exceptions.Exception_Message