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Re: error_arg,error_str

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thu May 25 12:13:08 1995 )

From: brandon@avon.declab.usu.edu
To: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 25 May 95 10:07:12 -0600


< (It is the same as traceback()[1][1], isn't it?)

No.  This is best demonstrated with an example:

@program .test1
  var line, t;

  catch any {
      .test2();
  } with handler {
      t = traceback();
      .tell("Traceback[1][1]: " + toliteral(t[1][1]));
      .tell("Error:           " + toliteral(error()));
      .tell("Traceback: " + toliteral(t[1]));
      for line in [2..listlen(t)]
          .tell("           " + toliteral(t[line]));
  }
.

@program .test2
  .test3();
.

@program .test3
  throw(~achoo, "Isneezeatyou.");
.

eval .test1();
Traceback[1][1]: ~achoo
Error:           ~methoderr
Traceback: [~achoo, "Isneezeatyou.", 0]
           ['method, 'test3, #495, #495, 1]
           [~achoo, 'test2, #495, #495, 1]
           [~methoderr, 'test1, #495, #495, 4]

Whereas, if you change test2:

@program .test2
  (> .test3() <);
.

Then re-eval:

eval .test1();
Traceback[1][1]: ~achoo
Error:           ~achoo
Traceback: [~achoo, "Isneezeatyou.", 0]
           ['method, 'test3, #495, #495, 1]
           [~achoo, 'test2, #495, #495, 1]
           [~achoo, 'test1, #495, #495, 4]

Make more sense?