From: "Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to exit out of a function ? what is try-catch-throw in terms of Program Counter
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:14:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <13hsas71j3g080c@corp.supernews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1193158478.891306.149890@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com>
* gnuist006@gmail.com:
> On Oct 23, 9:33 am, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> NOTE: I am really afraid of try-catch-throw. I have never been
>>> able to understand it since it does not exist in C and I can't
>>> really visualize the construct in terms of C. That is what my
>> Actually, these constructs pretty much exist in C as well: `catch' is called
>> `setjmp', and `throw' is called `longjmp'.
>>
>> Stefan
>
> Stefan, let me thank you for what seems to me to be the correct
> concept.
> I searched this whole thread in google for setjmp and YOU are the only
> one who mentioned it.
Uh, have you plonked me, then?
I think that my reply was the very first reply in the thread.
I suggest you read that article again, because it contains some
important details not mentioned by Stefan et.al.
- Alf
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-23 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-20 20:45 How to exit out of a function ? what is try-catch-throw in terms of Program Counter gnuist006
2007-10-20 20:57 ` gnuist006
2007-10-20 22:55 ` Alf P. Steinbach
2007-10-23 18:06 ` gnuist006
2007-10-23 19:53 ` Alf P. Steinbach
2007-11-04 23:02 ` David Thompson
2007-11-05 5:07 ` Alf P. Steinbach
2007-11-05 5:59 ` Alf P. Steinbach
2007-12-02 23:20 ` David Thompson
2007-12-02 23:51 ` Alf P. Steinbach
2007-10-21 1:08 ` Jim Langston
2007-10-21 2:30 ` Keith Thompson
2007-10-21 10:44 ` Kenny McCormack
2007-10-21 10:55 ` santosh
2007-10-21 12:26 ` Richard Heathfield
2007-10-21 22:35 ` Mark McIntyre
2007-10-21 12:09 ` Malcolm McLean
2007-10-21 15:23 ` Kenny McCormack
2007-10-21 15:54 ` santosh
2007-10-21 17:39 ` Malcolm McLean
2007-10-21 21:53 ` Kenny McCormack
2007-10-21 8:03 ` Malcolm McLean
2007-10-21 16:07 ` abhy
2007-10-21 17:43 ` santosh
2007-10-23 9:04 ` Joel Yliluoma
2007-10-23 16:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-23 16:44 ` gnuist006
2007-10-23 16:45 ` Victor Bazarov
2007-10-24 1:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-23 16:54 ` gnuist006
2007-10-23 17:14 ` Alf P. Steinbach [this message]
2007-10-24 1:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-24 0:02 ` Joel Yliluoma
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