Re: Toward an omnibus Perl 6 Exceptions RFC, v0.1.

Chaim Frenkel wrote:
> 
> Tony Olekshy wrote:
> > 
> > except { ... } => catch { ... }
> > 
> >     Invoked if unwinding and the except block returns true.
> >     In the except block, $@ is the current exception.
> >     If the except or catch blocks throw, unwinding continues.
> >     If both complete without throwing, unwinding stops.
> >     This is basically an "if" with unwinding semantics.
> 
> That doesn't read right. Perhaps you really mean 'accept'.
> 
> Main Entry: 1ex·cept
>     with the exclusion or exception of
      ^^^^^^^^              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Main Entry: 2except
>     to take or leave out from a number or a whole
      ^^^^^^^              ^^^^^^             ^^^^^

Except is if with unwinding semantics, as in "with the exception of"
or "to take out from other exceptions", as listed in the definitions
quoted above.  A bare catch handles all exceptions *except* those
handled by previous except/catch clauses.

Yours, &c, Tony Olekshy