+$Header: /home/cvsroot/yaz++/zoom/Attic/Changes,v 1.4 2002-10-08 23:54:55 mike Exp $
+
Changes between the current version of the C++ binding specification
(http://zoom.z3950.org/bind/cplusplus/zoom-1.0g.hh) and the
specification generated in "interface.h" in this directory (which I
--
-Add #include <stddef.h> for size_t
+Add #include <stddef.h> for size_t.
-Add comment about G++'s rejection of throw(ZOOM:error) clause
+Add comment about G++'s rejection of throw(ZOOM:exception) clause.
Add destructor declaration to connection class.
Remove the nfields() and field() methods from the record class --
again, see v1.3 of the AAPI.
-Add some substance to the error base class: it can now be created
+Rename the error class to exception, and its subclasses likewise. I
+think that's Telling It Like It Is, and it's certainly more in tune
+with the was v1.3 of the AAPI is going.
+
+Add some substance to the exception base class: it can now be created
(with an error-code specified), and the error-code may be both fetched
and rendered as a human-readable string. This is necessary so that
-it's possible to meaningfully catch(error e).
+it's possible to meaningfully catch(exception& e).
-Add the missing char *errmsg() method to the systemError and bib1Error
-classes.
+Add the missing char *errmsg() method to the systemException and
+bib1Exception classes.
-Add a new error subclass, queryError, for reporting malformed query
-strings etc.
+Add a new exception subclass, queryException, for reporting malformed
+query strings etc.