From: Martin Klaiber <martinkl@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: Error-names.
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:58:02 +0100
Date: 2004-02-28T13:58:02+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qrf6h1-mt1.ln1@martinkl.dialup.fu-berlin.de> (raw)
Hi,
this is not really a programming-problem (I hope), more a question
about english terms.
I write a library with an interface to C. The Ada-exceptions shall
be turned into return-values for the C-functions. Like this:
with Interfaces.C;
package Something is
-- Types:
type C_Integer is new Interfaces.C.int;
-- Exceptions and errors:
General_Error : C_Integer := -1;
Routine_Not_Defined : exception;
Routine_Not_Defined_Error : C_Integer := -2;
and so on...
package body Something is
function Do_Something return C_Integer is
begin
...
return 0;
exception
when Routine_Not_Defined => return Routine_Not_Defined_Error;
when others => return General_Error;
end Do_Something;
end Something;
My problem now is that I also want to define return values for
exceptions like Constraint_Error. But I can't define something like:
Constraint_Error : C_Integer := -3;
as Constraint_Error is the name for the exception. And I don't want to
use long names like: 'Routine_Not_Defined_Error_Constant' or similar.
I also don't want to rename the exceptions, as other Ada-Programs might
rely on them.
Is there an english word instead of 'error' I could use? Like 'fault'
for instance or 'mistake'?
Constraint_Fault, Constraint_Mistake. Hm, sounds strange to me. Would
it be alright though?
Thanks a lot,
Martin
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2004-02-28 12:58 Martin Klaiber [this message]
2004-02-28 13:35 ` Error-names Martin Dowie
2004-02-28 15:26 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-02-28 17:19 ` Error-names Marius Amado Alves
2004-02-28 18:31 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-02-28 19:47 ` Error-names tmoran
2004-02-28 20:29 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-02-29 19:03 ` Error-names Jeffrey Carter
2004-02-29 20:04 ` Error-names tmoran
2004-02-29 23:24 ` Error-names Björn Persson
2004-03-01 11:29 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-03-01 12:48 ` Error-names Marius Amado Alves
2004-03-02 2:15 ` Error-names Jeffrey Carter
2004-02-29 20:33 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-02-29 23:43 ` Error-names tmoran
2004-03-01 11:20 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-03-07 15:10 ` Error-names Björn Persson
2004-03-08 5:42 ` Error-names Dave Thompson
2004-02-28 20:26 ` Error-names Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-02-28 18:29 ` Error-names Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2004-02-29 5:30 ` Error-names David Marceau
2004-02-29 12:17 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-02-29 19:56 ` Error-names David Marceau
2004-02-29 21:57 ` Error-names Martin Klaiber
2004-03-01 23:20 ` Error-names Randy Brukardt
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