[erlang-questions] does shell:catch_exception(true) actually work?

[Kevin]

Forgot to mention I'm on OS X,

guess its a mac bug, lucky me.

-ks



Michael McDaniel erlangy-at-autosys.us |erlang| wrote:
> Linux delora 2.6.24-23-386 #1 Thu Nov 27 18:10:58 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
> Erlang R13A (erts-5.7) [rq:1] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
>
> Eshell V5.7  (abort with ^G)
> 1> catch_exception(true).
> false
> 2> bogus().
> * exception error: undefined shell command bogus/0
> 3> h().                  
> 1: catch_exception(true)
> -> false
> 2: bogus()
> -> {'EXIT',{{shell_undef,bogus,0},
>             [{shell,shell_undef,2},
>              {erl_eval,local_func,5},
>              {shell,exprs,6},
>              {shell,eval_exprs,6},
>              {shell,eval_loop,3}]}}
> ok
> 4> 
>
>
>  hmmm, works for me on my Linux box
>
> ~M
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 02:36:06PM -0400, Kevin wrote:
>   
>> I've done all the googleing I could and still can't find an answer to 
>> this.  This is making working with the shell
>> very difficult since one slip up and my history is gone.  Am I missing 
>> something here?
>>
>>
>>
>> Erlang R13A (erts-5.7) [source] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0] 
>> [kernel-poll:false]
>>
>> Eshell V5.7  (abort with ^G)
>> 1> catch_exception(true).
>> false
>> 2> bogus().
>> *** ERROR: Shell process terminated! ***
>>
>> =ERROR REPORT==== 26-Mar-2009::14:31:32 ===
>> Error in process <0.26.0> with exit value: 
>> {undef,[{lib,format_exception,[3,error,{shell_undef,bogus,0},[{shell,shell_undef,2},{erl_eval,local_func,5},{shell,exprs,6},{shell,eval_exprs,6},{shell,eval_loop,3}],#Fun<shell.5.34888280>,#Fun<shell.4.77554270>]},{shell,report_exception,4},{shell,shell_rep,4},{shell... 
>>
>>
>> Eshell V5.7  (abort with ^G)
>> 1>
>>
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