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authorNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2018-08-09 21:26:30 -0400
committerNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2018-09-04 18:50:15 -0400
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Allow t as a catch-all condition-case handler (Bug#24618)
* src/eval.c (find_handler_clause): Accept a handler of t as always matching. (Fcondition_case): * doc/lispref/control.texi (Handling Errors): Document this. * etc/NEWS: Announce it.
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@@ -1878,9 +1878,10 @@ error occurs during @var{protected-form}.
Each of the @var{handlers} is a list of the form @code{(@var{conditions}
@var{body}@dots{})}. Here @var{conditions} is an error condition name
to be handled, or a list of condition names (which can include @code{debug}
-to allow the debugger to run before the handler); @var{body} is one or more
-Lisp expressions to be executed when this handler handles an error.
-Here are examples of handlers:
+to allow the debugger to run before the handler). A condition name of
+@code{t} matches any condition. @var{body} is one or more Lisp
+expressions to be executed when this handler handles an error. Here
+are examples of handlers:
@example
@group