I can answer this part: > Clearly this is a debugger. I won't ask for details as to what I can > do here, except for this: Typing 0 will get me back to the repl. > Fine. However, Typing 1 will "Throw cause of this exception". What > exactly does that mean? Is it rethrowing the same exception, or doing > something different? How is it useful?
Java Exceptions can have a cause, which is intended to be the Throwable that caused this Exception to arise. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Exception.html#Exception(java.lang.Throwable) For example, Clojure throws RuntimeExceptions to evade checked exceptions, so the original Exception is hiding as the cause of the RuntimeException. "Throw cause" will essentially unwrap one layer of exceptions. I've never used this feature in interactive debugging, mind you :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
