[m-dev.] MR_warning()

[Tyson Dowd]

On 12-Aug-1998, Warwick Harvey <wharvey at cs.monash.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I had added an MR_warning() function (as per fjh's suggestion) for my 
> changes to fix the MERCURY_OPTIONS problem, but since Zoltan's 
> MERCURY_OPTIONS fix superseded mine before it was committed, this function 
> is no longer necessary.  Still, it might be useful, so I ask if anybody 
> thinks I should still commit (this part of) the change.
> 
> I also noted in an earlier post that fatal_error() did not accept a variable 
> number of arguments, and offered to "fix" this too, but nobody commented, so 
> I haven't done this (but will if somebody wants me to).
> 

I suspect it is only not used because it didn't exist before now.
I can think of a few good uses in the accurate GC.

If it isn't too much trouble to add a variable argument fatal_error I
think this would be a good idea too.

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