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setErrorLimit (int limit) yoix.system
 
Sets the interpreter's internal error limit to limit, which should be a non-negative number, and returns the old limit. Whenever an error occurs the interpreter increments an internal counter and quits when the error limit is positive and the number of errors equals or exceeds that limit. A zero error limit, which is the default starting value, tells the interpreter to keep trying no matter how many errors occur.
 
 Example:   The program,
import yoix.stdio.*;
import yoix.system.*;

fprintf(stderr, "limit=%d\n", getErrorLimit());
setErrorLimit(2);
fprintf(stderr, "limit=%d\n", getErrorLimit());
fprintf(stderr, "count=%d\n", getErrorCount());
x;
fprintf(stderr, "count=%d\n", getErrorCount());
x;
fprintf(stderr, "count=%d\n", getErrorCount());
prints,
limit=0
limit=2
count=0
Error: undefined; Name: x; Line: 8; Source: -stdin-
count=1
Error: undefined; Name: x; Line: 10; Source: -stdin-
FatalError: errorlimit; Count: 2
on standard error. The interpreter quits after the second error, so the last statement is never executed.
 
 Return:   int
 
 See Also:   dumpJavaStack, dumpStack, dumpYoixStack, getErrorCount, getErrorLimit, setErrorCount, traceInstructions, traceMethodCalls

 

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