[Coco] Error codes on SECB

Mark Mellor markmbm at jps.net
Sat Nov 18 01:29:09 EST 2006


What does SECB stand for?  In my book it says "File not found" for the NE
error but it looks like you already know that with your sample code.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diego Barizo" <diegoba at adinet.com.uy>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Error codes on SECB


> I checked on the "Quick reference guide" and the NE error is not listed.
> Also, this short program gives no number
> 10  ON ERR GOTO 1000
> 20 LOAD"PPPP"
> 30 STOP
> 1000 ? ERNO,ERLIN
> 1010 END
>
> If I change line 20 for WOAD "PP" I get the expected results for an SN
error
>
> BUT... If after the first program ends, I type ? ERNO, I do get 26 as
> answer... :-/
>
>
>
> William Astle wrote:
> > Diego Barizo wrote:
> >
> >> While debugging a program, I noticed that some errors just don't
> >> generate an error code, like "NE error"
> >> Is there anywhere I could "peek" to identify this error?
> >>
> >> And out of curiosity, does anyone know why some errors are not
included?
> >> ( I seen to remember another error that did not generate an error code,
> >> but just can't remember which one)
> >>
> >
> > I thought NE was error code 26 (Unravelled book confirms.) Interestingly
> > enough, NE is defined by Extended Basic even though most folks would
> > only encounter it when using Disk Basic.
> >
> > Unless you're doing something odd, all errors go through the same
> > handling process so ERRNO should provide the error code (assuming ON ERR
> > GOTO in effect). The only special handling I see in the error routines
> > is for some weird case of a UL error. (Note that if you aren't doing ON
> > ERR GOTO, you won't get the error code stored anywhere.)
> >
> >
>
>
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