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diff --git a/gdb/exceptions.h b/gdb/exceptions.h
index 7fe17e0..d2102c3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/exceptions.h
+++ b/gdb/exceptions.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* Exception (throw catch) mechanism, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
 
    Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-   1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
-   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
+   2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GDB.
 
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ enum errors {
   /* Problem parsing an XML document.  */
   XML_PARSE_ERROR,
 
+  /* Error accessing memory.  */
+  MEMORY_ERROR,
+
   /* Add more errors here.  */
   NR_ERRORS
 };
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ extern NORETURN void deprecated_throw_reason (enum return_reason reason) ATTR_NO
    throw_exception() than all cleanups installed since
    catch_exceptions() was entered are invoked, the (-ve) exception
    value is then returned by catch_exceptions.  If FUNC() returns
-   normally (with a postive or zero return value) then that value is
+   normally (with a positive or zero return value) then that value is
    returned by catch_exceptions().  It is an internal_error() for
    FUNC() to return a negative value.
 
@@ -191,10 +194,19 @@ extern NORETURN void deprecated_throw_reason (enum return_reason reason) ATTR_NO
    copy of the gdb error message.  This is used when a silent error is 
    issued and the caller wants to manually issue the error message.
 
+   MASK specifies what to catch; it is normally set to
+   RETURN_MASK_ALL, if for no other reason than that the code which
+   calls catch_errors might not be set up to deal with a quit which
+   isn't caught.  But if the code can deal with it, it generally
+   should be RETURN_MASK_ERROR, unless for some reason it is more
+   useful to abort only the portion of the operation inside the
+   catch_errors.  Note that quit should return to the command line
+   fairly quickly, even if some further processing is being done.
+
    FIXME; cagney/2001-08-13: The need to override the global UIOUT
    builder variable should just go away.
 
-   This function superseeds catch_errors().
+   This function supersedes catch_errors().
 
    This function uses SETJMP() and LONGJUMP().  */
 
@@ -225,7 +237,7 @@ extern struct gdb_exception catch_exception (struct ui_out *uiout,
    indication of the exact exception that it caught - quit_flag might
    help.
 
-   This function is superseeded by catch_exceptions().  */
+   This function is superseded by catch_exceptions().  */
 
 typedef int (catch_errors_ftype) (void *);
 extern int catch_errors (catch_errors_ftype *, void *, char *, return_mask);