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Re: ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that

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Bernd Paysan wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>
> > Albert van der Horst wrote:
> >> ...
> >> It seems to be a bit of a missnomer. It is *not* an
> >> ABORT adorned with a message. All ABORT" signify situations
> >> where I want to give the user a second chance, after he
> >> has seen the message.
> >> In other words a ABORT" is bound to be caught, not abort.
> >> Fortunately the standard defines ABORT" as a THROW with
> >> a special code.
> >
> > Left uncaught, ABORT" is required to execute ABORT which
> > in turn executes QUIT.  It is my understanding that if caught,
> > ABORT" will *not* print the message associated with it.
>
> ABORT" throws -2 (see 9.6.2.0680).  Thus it can be distinguished from ABORT,
> and the standard says that the message ccc should be displayed if there is
> no corresponding CATCH.
>
> : test true abort" blabla" ;  ok
> test
> :2: blabla
> >>>test<<<
> Backtrace:
> $7F445C4E6320 throw
> $7F445C550E38 c(abort")

I don't suggest otherwise.

IIUC, Albert wants ABORT" to print the message if flag is non-zero after which
he can choose to catch the exception (?)

AFAIK, ANS ABORT" doesn't permit this.

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ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-10-28 13:12 +0000
  Re: ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-10-29 16:01 +1100
    Re: ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-10-29 16:52 +0100
      Re: ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-10-30 12:01 +1100
  Re: ABORT" ABORT QUIT THROW and all that "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-02 12:55 +1100

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