On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Amitava Shee <amitava.s...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Can someone more qualified than I explain why a recur from a try poses > a problem? > > I am copying the relevant parts of the source below > > clojure.tmbundle/Support/repl.clj > ================================== > (defn repl > "runs a repl on ins and outs until eof" > [ins outs] > (binding [*ns* (create-ns 'user) > *warn-on-reflection* false > *out* (new OutputStreamWriter outs)] > (let [eof (new Object) > r (new LineNumberingPushbackReader (new InputStreamReader > ins))] > (loop [e (read r false eof)] > (when-not (or (= e :repl_eof) (= e eof)) > (try > (prn (eval e)) > (flush) > (recur (read r false eof)) > (catch Throwable e > (let [c (extract-root-cause e)] > (if (isa? Compiler$CompilerException e) > (println e) > (println c))) > (flush)))))))) > > Thanks, > Amitava I don't know the details, but the ticket is here: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-31?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Achangehistory-tabpanel#issue-tabs Perhaps better if the REPL caught exceptions in the manner that Clojure's REPL does: https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/clj/clojure/main.clj#L115 David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
