From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3436 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2005 08:13:29 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Oct 2005 08:13:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 72565 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2005 08:13:23 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Oct 2005 08:13:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 2256 invoked by alias); 2 Oct 2005 08:13:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21801 Received: (qmail 2245 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2005 08:13:20 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Oct 2005 08:13:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 72283 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2005 08:13:20 -0000 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net (213.194.149.146) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Oct 2005 08:13:20 -0000 Received: from 212.red-80-35-44.staticip.rima-tde.net ([80.35.44.212] helo=localhost) by ns9.hostinglmi.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1ELyyF-0004jN-Lm; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:13:19 +0200 Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 10:13:45 +0200 From: DervishD To: Bart Schaefer Cc: Peter Stephenson , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Exception handling and "trap" vs. TRAPNAL() Message-ID: <20051002081345.GB67@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Bart Schaefer , Peter Stephenson , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk References: <20050929200741.GA1156@DervishD> <20050930124130.45eb0463.pws@csr.com> <20051001153756.GA12183@DervishD> <1051001183818.ZM27904@candle.brasslantern.com> <20051001202856.GA134@DervishD> <1051002044052.ZM28373@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1051002044052.ZM28373@candle.brasslantern.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sunsite.dk X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Hi Bart :) * Bart Schaefer dixit: > Otherwise, the normal effect of the signal is produced; > > This is clearly inaccurate. If it were accurate, a non-zero return > from TRAPHUP, TRAPABRT, or TRAPALRM (among others) ought to cause the > shell to exit. This demonstrably does not happen. What *does* happen > is that all levels of nested loop are broken (as if by the "break N" > command with a sufficiently large N) and the shell is forced to behave > as if a shell-level error occurred. I haven't tested that. But I see your point. I'm starting to think the same: it's a documentation problem, not a code problem (although eliminating the special case for TRAPNAL doesn't sound bad...). Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to...