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

[Kevin]

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>