This pull request solves issue #674, see it for details.

samples/Pike/Error.pmod

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+#pike __REAL_VERSION__
+
+constant Generic = __builtin.GenericError;
+
+constant Index = __builtin.IndexError;
+
+constant BadArgument = __builtin.BadArgumentError;
+
+constant Math = __builtin.MathError;
+
+constant Resource = __builtin.ResourceError;
+
+constant Permission = __builtin.PermissionError;
+
+constant Decode = __builtin.DecodeError;
+
+constant Cpp = __builtin.CppError;
+
+constant Compilation = __builtin.CompilationError;
+
+constant MasterLoad = __builtin.MasterLoadError;
+
+constant ModuleLoad = __builtin.ModuleLoadError;
+
+//! Returns an Error object for any argument it receives. If the
+//! argument already is an Error object or is empty, it does nothing.
+object mkerror(mixed error)
+{
+  if (error == UNDEFINED)
+    return error;
+  if (objectp(error) && error->is_generic_error)
+    return error;
+  if (arrayp(error))
+    return Error.Generic(@error);
+  if (stringp(error))
+    return Error.Generic(error);
+  return Error.Generic(sprintf("%O", error));
+}