[m-dev.] cc_multi or det ?

Peter Schachte schachte at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Wed Aug 8 17:03:06 AEST 2001


> > 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:'+'.

Good point.

If there were a simple, low-code-clutter way to catch an exception, somehow
paste in some extra terms, and then rethrow it, how far would this go to
solving the problem?  I know I'm just hand waving at this point, but would
something like this be a solution?

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