From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-09-18T23:20:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Rescue clause or equivalent for catch?

>>>>> "J" == James F Hranicky <jfh@cise.ufl.edu> writes:

J>     catch (:error) {
J> 	# Do stuff
J> 	do_stuff()		# throws :error
J> 	do_more_stuff()		# throws :error
J> 	finish_stuff()		# throws :error
J>     rescue
J> 	# Oops, stuff failed, clean it
J> 	cleanup_stuff()
J>     end

 You can write

   if catch (:error) do
         do_stuff()            # throws :error, true
         do_more_stuff()       # throws :error, true
         finish_stuff()	       # throws :error, true
         nil
      end
      cleanup_stuff()
   end


 Important to call 'throws :error, true'


Guy Decoux