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Re: crash_message() problem

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Dec 11, 2004
• 437 views

Tommy Carlier wrote:

> Juergen Luethje wrote:

<snip>

>> ... Euphoria prints the following error message on the screen:
>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>> C:\Desktop\test.exw:10
>> ad has not been declared
>> ? ad(1,2)
>>     ^
>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>> (tested with exw.exe 2.4 and 2.5 alpha).
>>
>> But it should print my message instead, shouldn't it?
>
> I don't think so: crash_message is used for runtime errors.
> This is a compile error.

If crash_message() is used only for runtime errors, then there is an
error in the documentation (Eu 2.5 alpha, lib_c_d.htm#crash_message):

<quote>
Description: Specify a string, s, to be printed on the screen in the
event that Euphoria must stop your program due to a compile-time or
run-time error.
</quote>

Regards,
   Juergen

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