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@@ -619,18 +619,26 @@ for use as a &quot;throw on error&quot; tag.</p>
 with appropriate namespace qualifiers, have the following error handling 
 semantics:</p>
 <blockquote>
-  <p><i>Effects:</i> If <code>ec != throws</code>:</p>
-  <ul>
-    <li>If an error occurs, and sets <code>ec</code> to an appropriate <code>
-    <a href="#Class-error_code">error_code</a></code> that identifies the error 
-    value and category. The category should be the most specific <code>
-    <a href="#Class-error_category">error_category</a></code> applicable to the 
-    particular error.</li>
-    <li>if an error does not occur, <code>ec.clear()</code>.</li>
-  </ul>
-  <p><i>Throws:</i> If <code>ec == throws</code>, throws an exception of type
+  <p><i>Postconditions:</i></p>
+  <blockquote>
+    <p>If <code>&amp;ec != &amp;throws</code> and an error occurred:</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li> <code>ec.value()</code> returns the implementation specific error 
+      number for the particular error that occurred.</li>
+      <li><code>ec.category()</code> returns the <code>
+    <a href="#Class-error_category">error_category</a></code> for <code>ec.value()</code>.</li>
+    </ul>
+    <p>if <code>&amp;ec != &amp;throws</code> and an error did not occur, <code>ec.clear()</code>.</p>
+  </blockquote>
+  <p><i>Throws:</i></p>
+  <blockquote>
+  <p>If an error occurs and <code>&amp;ec == &amp;throws</code>, throws an exception of type
   <code><a href="#Class-system_error">system_error</a></code> or of a type 
-  derived from <code><a href="#Class-system_error">system_error</a></code>.</p>
+  derived from <code><a href="#Class-system_error">system_error</a></code>. The 
+  exception's <code>code()</code> member function returns a reference to an
+  <code>error_code</code> object with the behavior specified in <i>
+  Postconditions</i>.</p>
+  </blockquote>
 </blockquote>
 <h2><a name="Non-member-functions">Non-member functions</a></h2>
   <pre>bool operator==( const error_code &amp; lhs, const error_code &amp; rhs );</pre>
@@ -783,7 +791,7 @@ application program interfaces.</p>
 <hr>
 
 <p>Revised 
-<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%B %d, %Y" startspan -->October 05, 2008<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="30983" --> </font>
+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%B %d, %Y" startspan -->October 08, 2008<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="30989" --> </font>
 </p>
 
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