OpenEuphoria

Re: Absolute

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Jun 11, 2000
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On 11 Jun 2000, at 2:36, Lucius L. Hilley III wrote:


> > Or 2x?  Or any other equation that will make x bigger than x already
> > is? Obviously the program will crash. Are there methods commonly
> > used to avoid this happening if it is possibly likely (e.g if
> > x>too_big then approximate(x) and inform) or do we just hope it
> > doesn't happen?
>
> Euphoria doesn't have error trapping.  For those that don't know what
> that is. Error trapping is when an error occurs and the program is
> written to try and handle the error as gracefully as possible.
> Example:
>   Dave: Add 1 to x
>   Hal: I'm sorry, I can't allow you to do that, Dave.

Which, in some models, would be an error on your part, Hal.

largest_atom + 1 = +inf
+inf + 1 = -inf
-inf + 1 = -inf + 1

Kat