[m-dev.] cc_multi or det ?

[Fergus Henderson]

On 08-Aug-2001, Peter Schachte <schachte at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > The other problem is that retrofitting error recovery code can be a
> > major pain, particularly if there's some state you want to preserve
> > from the point at which the error occurred.
> 
> Can't you just pass that state back in the exception term?

In general, no; the state might be passed down to the point where the exception
is thrown.  For example, the exception might be thrown from int:'+'.

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