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Re: Catching type conversion errors [message #13928 is a reply to message #13927]

Tue, 29 December 1998 00:00

Martin Schultz
Messages: 515
Registered: August 1997

Senior Member

M. Hegde wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I observe that CATCH doesn't capture type conversion errors ( in the absence
> of ON_IOERROR command ). This appears to violate the error handling mechanism
> given in the IDL user's guide. Am I missing something? Are there any other
> errors which CATCH can not capture?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -M. Hegde
>
> ex:
> PRO test
> CATCH, err
> IF ( err NE 0 ) THEN BEGIN
> PRINT, !ERROR
> RETURN
> ENDIF
> a = FIX ( 'abc' )
>
> END

same behaviour ...
{ mipseb IRIX unix 5.1.1 Jul 20 1998}
This definitively runs counter what they say in the online help, and
should therefore considered a real bug.

Martin.
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		Re: Catching type conversion errors By: steinhh on Thu, 31 December 1998 00:00
		Re: Catching type conversion errors By: hegde on Wed, 30 December 1998 00:00
		Re: Catching type conversion errors By: Martin Schultz on Wed, 30 December 1998 00:00
		Re: Catching type conversion errors By: steinhh on Tue, 29 December 1998 00:00
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