From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:22:38 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Provide ExcDivideByZero with some explanatory text.
X-Git-Tag: v8.3.0-rc1~396^2~4
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06b5e2e202d6bd00cd7caeda0479a73265370087;p=dealii.git

Provide ExcDivideByZero with some explanatory text.
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/exceptions.h b/include/deal.II/base/exceptions.h
index 2daaf4d11f..0a7dcdca41 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/exceptions.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/exceptions.h
@@ -603,13 +603,10 @@ namespace StandardExceptions
 
   /**
    * Exception denoting a division by zero.
-   *
-   * @note Unfortunately, automatic detection of division by zero is very
-   * hardware dependent and requires severe hacking on some architectures.
-   * Therefore, this exception is only raised if the test is performed
-   * explicitly.
    */
-  DeclException0 (ExcDivideByZero);
+  DeclExceptionMsg (ExcDivideByZero,
+                    "A piece of code is attempting a division by zero. This is "
+                    "likely going to lead to results that make no sense.");
 
   /**
    * Exception raised if a number is not finite.