Hi Ed, My ISP's mail server went done last night, and I was thus unable to send this. Someone else has probably already helped you by now, but I'll send this anyway.
At 07:51 PM 8/27/2002 -0700, you wrote: >OK, so what's going on here. > >I'm trying to put a little error handling around my application. If it >fails, I need it to send out an alarm. But, depending on the statement, I >get an error when trying to trap the error. > >For example, this works as expected: > > >> If Error? Fred: Try [ 1 / 0 ] [ Print "Whatever!" ] >Whatever! > >As does this: > > >> If Error? Fred: Try [ 1 / 1 ] [ Print "Whatever!" ] >== none > >This too: > > >> If Error? Fred: Try [ Print ] [ Print "Whatever!" ] >Whatever! > >But this doesn't: > > >> If Error? Fred: Try [ Print "Get a grip!" ] [ Print "Whatever!" ] >Get a grip! >** Script Error: Fred needs a value >** Near: If Error? Fred: Try [Print "Get a grip!"] > >This is confusing because why should I get an error on something that >doesn't and shouldn't cause an error. Try returns either a value or error message from the block it evaluates. print because it lacks an argument returns an error message, which try passes on to Fred. print ["Get a grip!"] outputs a value to the console (thus fooling you), but actually _returns_ nothing (not even an error message, since there is no error); so try in turn is unable to put a value into Fred. Rebol therefore cannot proceed past Fred. After each of your lines type fred to see what fred now contains. Enable try to actually return something and see what happens: >> If Error? Try [Fred: "Get a grip!" ] [ Print "Whatever!" ] == none >> fred == "Get a grip!" >> At the console type help <function-name> If it doesn't say that the function returns something, then it probably doesn't. hth, Louis -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
