[m-dev.] cc_multi or det ?

[Fergus Henderson]

On 06-Aug-2001, Holger Krug <hkrug at rationalizer.com> wrote:
> As a Java programmer I started to like exception, because they clearly
> separate expected and unusual behavior. As Mercury programmer I have
> to use them very cautious, because catching them is 'cc_multi'. So one
> further question:
> 
> why don't we use `cc_multi' anywhere where we otherwise would use
> `det' ? Are there performance issues

No.

> or is it only because of a
> mismatch between declarative and operational semantics ?

Yes.

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