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changeset 107754:c065a9e361c6
Explain how to re-throw a signal.
control.texi (Handling Errors): How to re-throw a signal caught
by condition-case.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:43:53 +0300 |
| parents | 3153ca396956 |
| children | 6143a02fedce |
| files | doc/lispref/ChangeLog doc/lispref/control.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog Wed Mar 31 12:08:40 2010 +0300 +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog Wed Mar 31 12:43:53 2010 +0300 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-03-31 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * control.texi (Handling Errors): How to re-throw a signal caught + by condition-case. + 2010-03-26 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> * loading.texi (Hooks for Loading): Document after-load-functions.
--- a/doc/lispref/control.texi Wed Mar 31 12:08:40 2010 +0300 +++ b/doc/lispref/control.texi Wed Mar 31 12:43:53 2010 +0300 @@ -1023,6 +1023,20 @@ If @var{var} is @code{nil}, that means no variable is bound. Then the error symbol and associated data are not available to the handler. + +@cindex rethrow a signal +Sometimes it is necessary to re-throw a signal caught by +@code{condition-case}, for some outer-level handler to catch. Here's +how to do that: + +@smallexample + (signal (car err) (cdr err)) +@end smallexample + +@noindent +where @code{err} is the error description variable, the first argument +to @code{condition-case} whose error condition you want to re-throw. +@xref{Definition of signal}. @end defspec @defun error-message-string error-description @@ -1109,6 +1123,7 @@ @end smallexample @end defmac + @node Error Symbols @subsubsection Error Symbols and Condition Names @cindex error symbol