Yes, VW7.1 has the same behavior as VW3, unlike Squeak.
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On Sunday, Aug 3, 2003, at 10:43 Europe/Zurich, Boris Gaertner wrote:

> Stephane Ducasse <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch> asked:
>
>> roel have you had a look in VW for comparison?
>
> This is a good proposal.
>
> In VW NC Vs. 3.0 the exception HaltInterrupt is subclassed to
> GenericException and ControlInterrupt. Both
>
>  [self halt: 'a halt'] on: HaltInterrupt do: [:exc | Transcript show:
> exc class name; cr].
>
>
> and
>
>
>
>  [self halt: 'a halt'] on: GenericException do: [:exc | Transcript 
> show:
> exc class name; cr].
>
>
> write the class name of the exception into the transcript.
> My statement that  the Halt exception is not handled by a
> more general exception does not hold for VW.
>
> Greetings; Boris
>
>
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