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| author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2018-09-16 19:39:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2018-09-16 20:25:45 -0400 |
| commit | 3a2ffa62a7e491fda1083cbedb165a3e49fd21c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 021720bf5f1dd4cf9dff2ace589636dfe2bd32c2 /src/eval.c | |
| parent | bc4f4b6e0ccbc361f4fabbed5eb2e5a357107588 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-3a2ffa62a7e491fda1083cbedb165a3e49fd21c6.tar.gz | |
Clarify condition-case docstring
* src/eval.c (Fcondition_case): Note that it handles non-error symbols
too.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/eval.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/eval.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c index 500427cb62b..5e25caaa847 100644 --- a/src/eval.c +++ b/src/eval.c @@ -1238,8 +1238,10 @@ Each element of HANDLERS looks like (CONDITION-NAME BODY...) where the BODY is made of Lisp expressions. A handler is applicable to an error if CONDITION-NAME is one of the -error's condition names. A CONDITION-NAME of t applies to any error -symbol. If an error happens, the first applicable handler is run. +error's condition names. Handlers may also apply when non-error +symbols are signaled (e.g., `quit'). A CONDITION-NAME of t applies to +any symbol, including non-error symbols. If multiple handlers are +applicable, only the first one runs. The car of a handler may be a list of condition names instead of a single condition name; then it handles all of them. If the special |