suppressedException semantics

[Reinier Zwitserloot]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David Holmes <David.Holmes at oracle.com>wrote:

>
> I don't see how the lack of tools is relevant to the question. You will
> want to follow the chain of exceptions no matter which one is chosen to be
> thrown.
>
>

Why? Once I see a trace that explains the problem, I stop reading. The
faster that happens, the happier I'd be.


> It is far from obvious to me that if there are "many tens of stack traces"
> then there even exists a "primary" one, let alone that that will be the
> exception being thrown under the current proposal.
>
>
One of them is going to be printed first. Unless you're suggesting we
officially state that the order in which exceptions print will henceforth be
undetermined, but I don't think that's a good idea.