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From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: return
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:19:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011261019.20727.tassilo@member.fsf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m38w0gpimm.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>

On Friday 26 November 2010 09:57:21 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nice if Emacs Lisp had a workable early-return
> mechanism?

I guess so.  One option you didn't list is using catch/throw:

(defun foo (n)
  (catch 'val
    (dostuff)
    (when zot
      (throw 'val t))))

That's at least not something you need the cl package for.

Bye,
Tassilo



  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-26  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-26  8:57 return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-26  9:19 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2010-12-04  2:36   ` return Fren Zeee
2010-12-04  3:04     ` Common vs Emacs Lisp (was: Re: return) Chad Brown
2010-12-04 19:48       ` Fren Zeee
2010-12-05 10:20         ` Chad Brown
2010-12-04  6:18     ` return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-04  6:49       ` return Leo
2010-11-26  9:24 ` return Miles Bader
2010-11-26  9:36   ` return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-26  9:54     ` return Miles Bader
2010-11-26 10:13       ` return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-26  9:44   ` return Tassilo Horn
2010-11-26 14:59 ` return Stefan Monnier
2010-11-26 15:45   ` return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-26 18:40     ` return Stefan Monnier
2010-11-27  1:31       ` return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-27  2:49         ` return Stefan Monnier
2010-11-27  3:06           ` return Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-12-03 18:41             ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-03 18:43               ` return Miles Bader
2010-12-03 19:46                 ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-03 21:26                   ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-03 22:29                     ` return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-03 23:00                       ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-04  1:35                         ` return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-04  3:23                           ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-06 16:13                         ` return Davis Herring
2010-12-06 17:15                           ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-03 22:44                     ` return Chong Yidong
2010-12-04  9:22                       ` return Helmut Eller
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-11-26 23:01 return MON KEY
2010-12-05 23:55 Return MON KEY
2010-12-06  1:48 ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-06  5:50   ` Return MON KEY
2010-12-06  7:20     ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-06  9:00       ` Return David Kastrup
2010-12-06 19:11         ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-06 19:09       ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-06 19:19         ` Return Chong Yidong
2010-12-06 20:27           ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-07  4:47         ` Return Miles Bader
2010-12-07  9:17           ` Return David Kastrup
2010-12-07 17:10             ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-07 22:15               ` Return David Kastrup
2010-12-08 15:50             ` Return Fren Zeee
2010-12-09 22:38             ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-10  1:41               ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-10  3:44                 ` Return Stefan Monnier
2010-12-10  8:28                   ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-23  5:39                     ` Return Fren Zeee
2010-12-07 12:44         ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-07 14:38           ` Return David Kastrup
2010-12-07 16:14             ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-07 17:11               ` Return tomas
2010-12-07  2:42       ` Return MON KEY
2010-12-07 14:34         ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-07 15:54           ` Return David Kastrup
2010-12-07 16:30             ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-08 13:42               ` Return Richard Stallman
2010-12-10  7:42               ` Return Daniel Colascione
2010-12-07 22:55           ` Return MON KEY
2010-12-08  7:28             ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-08 18:11               ` Return MON KEY
2010-12-09  8:37                 ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-07 23:21         ` Return Samuel Bronson
2010-12-08  8:06           ` Return Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-12-08 20:51             ` Return Samuel Bronson

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