Re: How to exit out of a function ? what is try-catch-throw in terms of Program Counter

[Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>]

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.

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