June 12, 2003
8:15 p.m.
I'm not keen on the name "cause" for the start of the exception chain. I'm not sure I have a better suggestion. Maybe "antecedent"? ;/
"reason"?
That doesn't seem any better than "cause". Maybe "precursor"? Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+