Re: [Scheme-reports] 4.2.7. Exception Handling

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Andy Wingo scripsit:

> Are you sure? :-) The spec notes:
>
>   "That implicit `cond' expression is evaluated with the continuation
>   and dynamic extent of the `guard' expression"
>
> and
>
>   "The final expression in a <cond> clause is in a tail context if the
>   `guard' expression itself is."

The idea is that "guard" installs a handler which first unwinds and then
evaluates the cond, rewinding if it doesn't find an appropriate clause.
This provides termination semantics in the style of C++, Java, C#, etc.
but with the possibility of carrying on if the guard gets something it
doesn't expect.  If you want instead to get control in the scope of the
raiser, don't use "guard" but rather "with-exception-handler" to install
your own handler.

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