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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.fr7!fx07.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: A bit of Sudoku References: <5365d3f0-43cc-47ef-989c-d47992c84c9f@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<8c+$+zb077Pti5diXa8NqJs7Yt>) NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1401998903 83.104.138.185 (Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:08:23 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:08:23 UTC Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:05:59 +0100 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2441068980 X-Received-Bytes: 1393 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20152 Date: 2014-06-05T21:05:59+01:00 List-Id: In message , J-P. Rosen writes >I think exception are perfectly appropriate for that: >they allow to unwind the call stack directly up to the point where you >want to catch it by providing a handler. > >I know that not everybody likes this idea, but to me exceptions are a >powerful programming structure, not limited to handling errors. > Many thanks for that vote of confidence. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit Wisdom in knowing not to put it in the fruit salad. Mike ;-)