[e-lang] Embed E in Java

Mark Miller erights at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 13:25:41 EDT 2009


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Kevin Reid <kpreid at mac.com> wrote:
> MarkM: Is there a non-historical reason NestedException/
> NestedThrowable/etc exist instead of using the Java 1.4
> Throwable.getCause() mechanism?

Mostly history. The NestedException,.. mechanism predates Java 1.4.
Since it worked, I have never examined the new getCause() API. I do
not know whether or not it would be safe to use instead.

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    Cheers,
    --MarkM


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