Re: [Caml-list] Printexc cannot print some (but not all) exceptions

[Virgile Prevosto <virgile.prevosto@m4x.org>]

Hello Richard,

Le ven 13 jan 2006 15:23:34 CET, Richard Jones a écrit:
> Hi,
> 
> We have an annoying problem that sometimes Printexc seems unable to
> print exceptions.  Http_client.Http_error is one such exception that
> seems like it can never be printed:
> 
> Http_client.Http_error(_)			# from
> Printexc.to_string (("Http_client.Http_error"), (2, "foobar"))	#

> I don't understand what the common factor is which stops exceptions
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------- print.ml
>  exception MyException of int * string;;

I'd guess that your Http_error is an exception taking one argument which
happens to be a pair, instead of two arguments (like MyException does).
Remember that, as with sum types, the two definitions:

exception OneArg of (int * string) ;;

exception TwoArg of int * string ;;

are not equivalent. Moreover, OneArg has the same behavior as Http_error:

# Printexc.to_string (OneArg (0,"foo"));;
- : string = "OneArg(_)"
# exception TwoArg of int * string ;;
exception TwoArg of int * string
# Printexc.to_string (TwoArg (0,"foo"));;
- : string = "TwoArg(0, \"foo\")"

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Virgile