i never did use set varName [catch {script} varName2]
i usually pair it with ... IF statement
if { [ catch {script} varName] } {
...
}
any error in the script will produce 1 or 0 if no errors... the error msg
will be placed in varName...
http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man-8.0/tcl/TclCmd/catch.htm
hope this helps...
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Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 6:28 AM
Subject: [AOLSERVER] catch return values
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> i know this is outside of the bounds of aolserver in particular,
> but i was wondering if you have any idea why this:
>
> set catchReturn \
> [catch {
> return "my return value"
> } catchResult]
> puts "catch return is: $catchReturn"
> puts "script result is: $catchResult"
>
> spits out:
>
> catch return is: 2
> script result is: my return value
>
> ?? catch should return 0 if the script doesn't exit with an error,
correct?
>
>
> not a stopping point, but mostly curious on the tcl implementation.
>
> we're using 8.3 and aolserver 3.3.1
>
> thanks all,
> scott
