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From: Xavier Leroy <xavier.leroy@inria.fr>
To: Oliver Bandel <oliver@first.in-berlin.de>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Silently discarded exceptions?
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:54:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020819155427.C6276@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020818164703.2283A-100000@first.in-berlin.de>; from oliver@first.in-berlin.de on Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 04:52:30PM +0200

> I have a test on the first char of a string (Position 0).
> If the string is "" then normally (in the toplevel) an
> exception is thrown.
> 
> When compiling with ocamlc, the program does not
> mention that there was an Exception: it silently
> stops the execution of my test.

Chances are that your program contains a "try ... with x -> ..."
or "try ... with _ -> ..." that catches the exception arising from the
invalid string access.

- Xavier Leroy
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-19 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-18 14:52 Oliver Bandel
2002-08-19 13:54 ` Xavier Leroy [this message]
2002-08-19 17:44   ` Oliver Bandel

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