From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:30:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lnodetyzbc.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1192913158.922454.108100@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com
gnuist006@gmail.com writes:
> I have some code like this:
>
> (if (test)
> (exit)
> (do something))
>
>
> or
>
> (if (test)
> ( do something)
> (exit))
That's Lisp, yes? Saying so would be good, since we naturally assume
that anything posted to comp.lang.c is C.
> Various levels of nestings.
>
> I have several questions, basic to sophisticated.
>
> (1) What is the lisp equivalent idiom for (exit) as in bash or
> in C.
You're expecting C programmers to know what (exit) does in Lisp?
[snip]
> I therefore take the liberty to crosspost in C and C++ groups.
That's rarely a good idea.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-21 2:30 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 [this message]
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
2007-10-24 1:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-24 0:02 ` Joel Yliluoma
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