Re: Need reviews of HLA Adventure



Frank Kotler wrote:

> > <SNIP DOS XP Professional>
> > C:\...\hlaadv>hla hlaadv.hla
> > Warning in file "hlaadv.hla" at line 7373 [errid:74364/hlaparse.bsn]:
> > try..endtry block without exception handler.
> > Near: << endtry >>
>
> I get a *flock* of these warnings assembling under Linux.
> Doesn't appear to do any harm - the executable is produced,
> and seems to work. It surely isn't "right". I don't know
> what the fix for it is. Apparently, not everyone sees these
> warnings(???).

Unless I've messed up somewhere in HLA, this error means that Paul has
added a try..endtry block without any exception clauses. Scan through
the code searching for "endtry" and see if this is the case. How to fix
this? Well, I'd have to know why the try..endtry was put there in the
first place, but an "anyexception" clause added to the "try..endtry"
box would shut up the compiler. Presumably, of course, the try..endtry
is attempting to catch an error, so one would hope that there is a
reasonable piece of error handling code that could be added to the
anyexception clause.

Do remember, when an exception occurs, there's no guarantees about
register values except ESP and EBP. All the other registers could be
scrambled in the exception handling block ('cause there's no guarantee
about the source of the exception).

>
> Speaking of Wannabee, he's been quiet lately. Hope he's
> okay, and just busy writing assembly language!

I heard he lost his ISP and was having to find another. I wonder if he
got the boot for being so obnoxious? :-)
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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