Re: Line/column numbers in user supplied exception handlers

[Marius Vollmer]

Martin Grabmueller <address@hidden> writes:

> > From: Marius Vollmer <address@hidden>
> > Date: 13 Jul 2001 01:30:09 +0200
> > 
> > The thing about catch/throw in particular is that I think it is 
> > abused for error handling.  It conflates two concepts that should be
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hum? I suppose you mean abused for non-local transfer of control?  Or
> am I missing something?

Well, one can also say it is abused for non-local transfers of
control, if one sees error handling as the primary task of
catch/throw.  From the `Lisp' viewpoint however, catch/throw is not
for error handling, but for non-local transfers of control only.