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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:47:10 -5
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 7 May 98, Shawn Halpenny wrote:
> Simplistic example:
>
> function SetMaxDamage(n)
> {
> if (n < 0)
> throw out_of_range
>
> max_damage = n
> }
>
In my model, such an event would fail and any changes would not be
committed.
However:
function SetMaxDamage(n)
{
if (n < 0)
throw out_of_range
max_damage = n
catch(out_of_range) {}
}
would succeed in commiting!
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