1.8.0alpha3 panic on open_network_connection

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:00:56 PST


sysop@calbbs.com writes:
> Dec 28 20:28:25: *** PANIC: Unhandled exception!
> Dec 28 20:28:25: #71:open, line 19:  server panic
> 
> #71:open, line 19 is:
> 19:  if (typeof(connection = open_network_connection(address, port)) !=
> ERR)

I think that this is most likely a bug in your local operating system or C
runtime system, related to its treatment of C's setjmp/longjmp constructs.
I've tested failing connections here locally on SunOS 4.1.3 and I can't make it
panic; the code raising/catching that exception looks correct to me.

Sorry,
	Pavel