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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 13:41:34 CDT
From: Philippe Canal <pcanal@fndaub>
Status: RO

> 4 - ZMexcept has signature
>
> 	void ZMexcept ( ZMexception x, int line,
> 				char file[], char data[], char time[]);
>

This signature worries me in the following sense:

	by receiving explicitly a ZMexception, ZMExcept do not get any
type information (except for the id).
	if ZMExcept throw the exception it will throw an exception of
type ZMexception not the intended type!


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I think you are right.  The first argument should be a ZMexception&.  Then
when we do
	class ZMxCapture : public ZMexception { ... }
		:
		:
	ZMexcept ( ZMxCapture ("a message"), line, file, data, time );

And
	ZMexcept ( ZMexception &x, int line,
 				char file[], char data[], char time[]) {
		:
		:
	  throw x;
	}

this will (I think) throw the ZMxCapture.  If not, we will need to make it
a ZMexception* and do:

	class ZMxCapture : public ZMexception { ... }
		:
		:
	ZMexcept ( *ZMxCapture ("a message"), line, file, data, time );

And
	ZMexcept ( ZMexception *x, int line,
 				char file[], char data[], char time[]) {
		:
		:
	  throw *x;
	}

which is less elegant but may be necessary.