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CALL FUNCTION EXCEPTIONS - Short Form

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Obsolete Syntax

CALL FUNCTION func ...
                   EXCEPTIONS exc1 exc2 ...

Effect

This short form for specifying non-class-based exceptions in the parameter list of the statement CALL FUNCTION is obsolete. It has the same effect as the following:

CALL FUNCTION func ...
                   EXCEPTIONS exc1 = 1
                              exc2 = 1
                              ...

Each exception specified after EXCEPTIONS that is not assigned to an explicit return code using = is given the value 1 implicitly.

Notes

• This short form is extremely error-prone and should never be used.
• Both the short form and the complete form can appear in a CALL FUNCTION statement.
  

Example

The syntax of the following function module call is correct, but can have unpredictable results.

CALL FUNCTION func EXCEPTIONS = 4.

The developer probably expected the following:

CALL FUNCTION func EXCEPTIONS OTHERS = 4.

The complete form of the statement is as follows, however:

CALL FUNCTION func EXCEPTIONS = = 1
                              4 = 1.

Since exceptions called "=" are not possible, and exceptions called "4" are unlikely, this call will almost certainly not catch any exceptions, even though it is designed to catch every exception.