Collateral Exceptions, Throwable vs Exception

[Stanislav Blinov]

Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> The problem is in the e = e.next assignment, not in the code block below it.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Stanislav Blinov
> <stanislav.blinov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>> Actually, would this be safe to use? :
>>>
>>>    try
>>>    {
>>>        fun();
>>>    }
>>>    catch (Exception e)
>>>    {
>>>        writeln("Primary exception: ", typeid(e));
>>>               while ((e = cast(Exception)e.next) !is null)
>>>        {
>>>            writeln("Collateral exception: ", typeid(e));
>>>        }     }
>>>
>> I'm no expert, but why shouldn't? I'd propose a correction though:
>>
>> while ((e = e.next) !is null)
>> {
>>    if (cast(Exception)e)
>>    {
>>        writeln(/*whatever*/);
>>    }
>> }
>>
*slap in the head* Silly me.