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webwarrior

Confusing ZeroDivide

Why this:

[ 1/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].

returns 1, but this:

[ 1.0/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].

hangs (causes infinite loop) ?

Nicolai Hess

Re: Confusing ZeroDivide

2015-03-20 16:56 GMT+01:00 webwarrior <[hidden email]>:

Why this:
[ 1/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].
returns 1, but this:
[ 1.0/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].
hangs (causes infinite loop) ?
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It is a bug.

and now it has a bug entry:

15187

Endless loop on catching ZeroDivide for floats

Nicolai Hess

Re: Confusing ZeroDivide

2015-03-20 21:35 GMT+01:00 Nicolai Hess <[hidden email]>:

2015-03-20 16:56 GMT+01:00 webwarrior <[hidden email]>:
Why this:
[ 1/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].
returns 1, but this:
[ 1.0/0 ] on: ZeroDivide do: [:ex | ex resume: 1 ].
hangs (causes infinite loop) ?
View this message in context: Confusing ZeroDivide
Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
It is a bug.

and now it has a bug entry:

15187
Endless loop on catching ZeroDivide for floats

And it is fixed in 40572