Re: Which compiler is correct??

[rlove@neosoft.com (Robert B. Love )]

In <dewar.842410917@schonberg> Robert Dewar wrote:
> Ah, finally I figured this out (I would have had it immediately, if 
you had
> said where the error message was posted):

Yep, I clearly should've indicated where the errors were.


> exception
>    when Error_In_Demo:
>      others => Ada.Exceptions.Save_Occurrence
>        (Error_In_Demo,Error_List(3));
> 
> 
> that's obviously incorrect, Error_In_Demo is a constant, yet you are 
using
> it as the Target for save occurrence. I think you are mixing up 
target
> and source in the call to Save_Occurrence (not surprising, I think 
they
> are the wrong way round too :-)

I'm using the JOOP article to learn about exception handling so 
followed
it blindly.  I guess the answer should always be READ THE LRM & SPEC!!!


> Anyway, GNAT should certainly post an error message here, these 
exception
> occurrence constants are a little peculiar, and we just missed this. 
Indeed
> it might have gone undetected for a long time if you had not made 
this
> error of having the parameters the wrong way round!

So, do I need to file a bug report or will this do?

I'm glad the Thomson product is working correctly.  I want the Ada
market to grow and robust products will be a boon to all.

Thanx for all assistance & comments.

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