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From: "Anh Vo" <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Extended Return Statement with exception
Date: 23 Nov 2005 06:36:38 -0800
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Yes, that is exactly what I was thinking of. In this case, exception
handler within an extended return statement does have value. Thanks
Georg

AV

Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Anh Vo wrote:
> > I get it. Thanks. There is one more question though. It seems to me
> > that an exception handler within an extended return statement do not
> > have much value because it can not contain a nested return statement?
>
> Can't you write
>
> function Foo return Character is
> begin
>    return C: Character do
>      C := Fail;
>    exception
>       when Some_Error => C := Default_Char;
>    end return;
> end Foo;