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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT LIBRARY COMPONENTS                          --
   4 --                                                                          --
   5 --            G N A T . M O S T _ R E C E N T _ E X C E P T I O N           --
   6 --                                                                          --
   7 --                                 S p e c                                  --
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   9 --                     Copyright (C) 2000-2010, AdaCore                     --
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  26 --                                                                          --
  27 -- GNAT was originally developed  by the GNAT team at  New York University. --
  28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc.      --
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  31
  32 --  This package provides routines for accessing the most recently raised
  33 --  exception. This may be useful for certain logging activities. It may
  34 --  also be useful for mimicking implementation dependent capabilities in
  35 --  Ada 83 compilers, but see also GNAT.Current_Exceptions for this usage.
  36
  37 with Ada.Exceptions;
  38 package GNAT.Most_Recent_Exception is
  39
  40    -----------------
  41    -- Subprograms --
  42    -----------------
  43
  44    function Occurrence
  45      return Ada.Exceptions.Exception_Occurrence;
  46    --  Returns the Exception_Occurrence for the most recently raised exception
  47    --  in the current task. If no exception has been raised in the current task
  48    --  prior to the call, returns Null_Occurrence.
  49
  50    function Occurrence_Access
  51      return Ada.Exceptions.Exception_Occurrence_Access;
  52    --  Similar to the above, but returns an access to the occurrence value.
  53    --  This value is in a task specific location, and may be validly accessed
  54    --  as long as no further exception is raised in the calling task.
  55
  56    --  Note: unlike the routines in GNAT.Current_Exception, these functions
  57    --  access the most recently raised exception, regardless of where they
  58    --  are called. Consider the following example:
  59
  60    --     exception
  61    --        when Constraint_Error =>
  62    --          begin
  63    --             ...
  64    --          exception
  65    --             when Tasking_Error => ...
  66    --          end;
  67    --
  68    --          --  Assuming a Tasking_Error was raised in the inner block,
  69    --          --  a call to GNAT.Most_Recent_Exception.Occurrence will
  70    --          --  return information about this Tasking_Error exception,
  71    --          --  not about the Constraint_Error exception being handled
  72    --          --  by the current handler code.
  73
  74 end GNAT.Most_Recent_Exception;