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| author | Sverker Eriksson <sverker@erlang.org> | 2020-02-14 11:49:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <sverker@erlang.org> | 2020-02-14 11:49:40 +0100 |
| commit | f5be42b9011e8cff13a410aea9efa2bf14f38994 (patch) | |
| tree | a5672130bfc2695aa885fca78a9733ab8745908d /system | |
| parent | 0db79f109d3ca37f5729835809bc9caaed70ba65 (diff) | |
| download | erlang-f5be42b9011e8cff13a410aea9efa2bf14f38994.tar.gz | |
Clarify try-of documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'system')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index baa1269470..ea152801d7 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -1414,9 +1414,10 @@ end</code> the patterns <c>Pattern</c> are sequentially matched against the result in the same way as for a <seealso marker="#case">case</seealso> expression, except that if - the matching fails, a <c>try_clause</c> run-time error occurs.</p> - <p>An exception occurring during the evaluation of <c>Body</c> is - not caught.</p> + the matching fails, a <c>try_clause</c> run-time error occurs instead of a + <c>case_clause</c>.</p> + <p>An exception occurring during the evaluation of <c>Body</c> is not + caught. Neither is a failed match <c>try_clause</c> exception.</p> <p>The <c>try</c> expression can also be augmented with an <c>after</c> section, intended to be used for cleanup with side effects:</p> |