[m-dev.] Trailing

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.oz.au
Mon Aug 11 16:22:01 AEST 1997


Peter Schachte, you wrote:
> > Also you should add `MR_exception' to this enum now rather than later.
> 
> Fair enough.  Does this mean you think it likely that exception handling
> will ultimately become part of the Mercury language and/or the Melbourne
> implementation?

Yes, I think it is likely that _some_ form of exception handling will
become part of the Mercury language and/or the Melbourne implementation.
For example, adding io__throw and io__catch would be fairly simple and
wouldn't compromise the semantics.

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