>>>>> "TO" == Tony Olekshy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
TO> except { ... } => catch { ... }
TO> Invoked if unwinding and the except block returns true.
TO> In the except block, $@ is the current exception.
TO> If the except or catch blocks throw, unwinding continues.
TO> If both complete without throwing, unwinding stops.
TO> This is basically an "if" with unwinding semantics.
That doesn't read right. Perhaps you really mean 'accept'.
Main Entry: 1exˇcept
Pronunciation: ik-'sept
Variant(s): also exˇceptˇing /-'sep-ti[ng]/
Function: preposition
Date: 14th century
: with the exclusion or exception of <daily except Sundays>
Main Entry: 2except
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French excepter, from
Latin exceptare, from exceptus, past participle of excipere to
take out, except, from ex- + capere to take
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Date: 14th century
transitive senses : to take or leave out from a number or a
whole : EXCLUDE
intransitive senses : to take exception : OBJECT
- exˇcepˇtive /-'sep-t&v/ adjective
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