From: gnuist006@gmail.com
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 20:57:43 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1192913863.591332.146750@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1192913158.922454.108100@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
On Oct 20, 1:45 pm, gnuist...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have some code like this:
>
> (if (test)
> (exit)
> (do something))
>
> or
>
> (if (test)
> ( do something)
> (exit))
>
> 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.
> (2) What is the best practice to handle this kind of problems?
>
> (3) What is the intermediate practice to handle this kind of
> problems.
>
> 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 cant
> really visualize the construct in terms of C. That is what my
> brain can process. If you understand it so well, you can show
> me how one would really implement that kind of construct in
> C and then by extension I can see that kind of program flow
> in LISP. Whether its imperative programming or functional,
> beneath there is program counter and assembly. C is close
> to machine so much that it is almost assembly. So understanding try-c-
> t in C is equivalent to understanding at
> the level of machine language.
>
> I therefore take the liberty to crosspost in C and C++ groups.
Is there any explanation of try-catch-throw in terms of
gotos than PC ? Is that explanation more simpler ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-20 20:57 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 [this message]
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
2007-10-24 1:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-24 0:02 ` Joel Yliluoma
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