[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/eval.c,v

[Miles Bader]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Miles Bader <miles>     07/10/09 08:52:58

Index: src/eval.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/eval.c,v
retrieving revision 1.290
retrieving revision 1.291
diff -u -b -r1.290 -r1.291
--- src/eval.c  9 Oct 2007 01:39:13 -0000       1.290
+++ src/eval.c  9 Oct 2007 08:52:52 -0000       1.291
@@ -1355,14 +1355,15 @@
 If an error happens, the first applicable handler is run.
 
 The car of a handler may be a list of condition names
-instead of a single condition name.
+instead of a single condition name.  Then it handles all of them.
 
-When a handler handles an error,
-control returns to the condition-case and the handler BODY... is executed
-with VAR bound to (SIGNALED-CONDITIONS . SIGNAL-DATA).
-VAR may be nil; then you do not get access to the signal information.
+When a handler handles an error, control returns to the `condition-case'
+and it executes the handler's BODY...
+with VAR bound to (SIGNALED-CONDITIONS . SIGNAL-DATA) from the error.
+(If VAR is nil, the handler can't access that information.)
+Then the value of the last BODY form is returned from the `condition-case'
+expression.
 
-The value of the last BODY form is returned from the condition-case.
 See also the function `signal' for more info.
 usage: (condition-case VAR BODYFORM &rest HANDLERS)  */)
      (args)