Re: [Scheme-reports] `guard' is crazy

[Alex Shinn <alexshinn@x>]

On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Andy Wingo <wingo@x> wrote:

I've said it before but it's worth repeating: "guard" is not a good
error handling construct.

Perhaps not, but it's what R6RS provides, and

with-exception-handler is much too low-level.

I think people should provide alternatives to

guard in SRFIs and/or the large language, and

maybe we can replace guard in R8RS.

-- 

Alex

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