[m-dev.] for review: new predicates in map.m

[Fergus Henderson]

On 20-Oct-1998, Andrew Bromage <bromage at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > +	% Calls map__intersect. Abort (with the last argument as the message)
> > +	% if map__intersect fails.
...
> Making the last argument the message seems to be a bit of a novelty as
> far as the library goes.  For consistency, it might be better for the
> implementation to supply a neutral error message, and if you need
> something more specific, use if-then-else and error/1.

Yep, I agree.  A nice implementation will give you a stack trace anyway.

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