On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:32 PM, leppie <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Alex Shinn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That to me means the effect of the with-exception-handler
>>> is to raise an exception handled by some top-level handler.
>>> However, the example says the expression evaluates to <unspecified>
>>> - i.e. it should actually return.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's what will happen - I'll fix that.
>>
>
> Dont miss the line on the next page.
>
> "After printing, the second example then raises another ex-
> ception."
>
> My understanding is that it will not return.
>

Yes, the prose in the R7RS draft is correct.  The
only confusion was the "=> unspecified" in the example.


> Has this changed in any way in R7RS from how R6RS and SRFI-34 works?
>

No, the R7RS exception system is identical to R6RS.

-- 
Alex
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