Trying to get a NN code going

Zuurbier, E. - AMSXE Erik.Zuurbier@KLM.NL
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:42:58 +0100


> <Erik.Zuurbier@KLM.NL> replied
> 	I guess you don't expect any compiler to tell you about
> 	'index out of range' errors. But on the other hand, if you get
> 	'rule X in module Y does not match' I expect you had a
> 	warning about that when you compiled it.
> 
> This misses the point completely.  Yes, the compiler did tell me that
> this function might fail.  The function in question looks like
> 
> What I *do* expect from a Pascal or Ada compiler is that it will
> tell me not just where the 'index out of range' was detected, but
> WHERE IT CAME FROM, e.g. a backtrace of some kind.
> 
Ah, I see the confusion. You say you expect such things from the
compiler, where I would expect such things from the compiled program
or from the run time system. A matter of terminology perhaps.