Re: java question

[vp@example.com (Viktor Pavlenko)]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>  writes:

>(defun integer-mung ()
>   (let ((i (read)))
>      (if (and (> i 10) (< i 0)) ; check range
>          (integer-mung)
>        (throw 'value i))))
>
>(catch 'value (integer-mung))
>

Invalid input is not handled here, in java NumberFormatException
is defined so that you can and must handle it (a good thing
after all)

Just tried this in emacs (having replaced and with or). Is this
a common way of doing things in lisp? I mean throwing exceptions
just to jump somewhere?

(just curious)Viktor