Disambiguating empty catch blocks

[Joe Darcy]

Martin Buchholz wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 20:02, Andrew Thompson
> <lordpixel+core-libs-dev at mac.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Apr 14, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Bruce Chapman wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> One thing we definitely can do is to add a new constructor
>>>> to AssertionError, that takes a cause as an argument,
>>>> consistent with other exceptions.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Yeah, that was a minor niggle - I'll check  for an RFE and get the ball started on that.
>>>       
>> Actually, it does exist, it is just disguised as taking Object:
>>
>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/AssertionError.html#AssertionError(java.lang.Object)
>>     
>
> An awesome find, Andrew.
> I had skimmed the (many) constructors for AssertionError,
> and never suspected that this method is the one we want.
>
>   
>> It you want to RFE, I guess
>>
>> AssertionError(String additionalDetails, Throwable cause)
>>     
>
> I'm guessing it's not critical, because the message of the cause
> is a pretty good message for the wrapped exception.
>
> The best reason for the new constructor is that humans can find it!
>
> Martin
>   

Perhaps this is the bug you're looking for:
6935997 Please add a nested throwable constructor to AssertionError

-Joe