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From: "Török Edwin" <edwin+ml-ocaml@etorok.net>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Lazyness and exceptions
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:33:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50ADFF81.4000300@etorok.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b3cd867690b0f42d9c5a3bb1b22f7b2d@lipn.univ-paris13.fr>

On 11/22/2012 12:29 PM, Jean-vincent.Loddo@lipn.univ-paris13.fr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have observed a strange behaviour of lazy values when an exception is raised. Here a minimal code that reproduces the behaviour:
> 
> # let action =
>     let thunk () =
>       Printf.printf "aaa\n";
>       failwith "bbb"
>     in
>     lazy (thunk ());;
> 
> val action : unit lazy_t = <lazy>
> 
> # Lazy.force action ;;
> aaa
> Exception: Failure "bbb".
> 
> # Lazy.force action ;;
> Exception: Failure "bbb".
> 
> The lazy value seems to be (correctly) not re-evaluated but the exception is (strangely) raised again. Why does this happen?

Its the documented behavior:
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/Lazy.html

Unfortunately the original backtrace will be lost.

--Edwin

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-22 10:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-22 10:29 Jean-vincent.Loddo
2012-11-22 10:33 ` Török Edwin [this message]
2012-11-22 10:37   ` David House
2012-11-22 10:57     ` Jean-vincent.Loddo

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