-- $Id: except.lua,v 1.1 2001/01/16 14:27:55 doug Exp $ -- http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/ -- from Roberto Ierusalimschy -- uses `call' to catch errors; return the error message -- (or nil if there are no errors) function try (f, ...) call(f, arg, "x", function (msg) %arg.msg = msg end) return arg.msg end HI = 0 LO = 0 function some_function (n) local res = try(hi_function, n) if res then print("We shouldn't get here: " .. res) end end function hi_function (n) local res = try(lo_function, n) if res == "Hi_Exception" then HI = HI+1 elseif res then error(res) -- rethrow end end function lo_function (n) local res = try(blowup, n) if res == "Lo_Exception" then LO = LO+1 elseif res then error(res) -- rethrow end end function blowup (n) if mod(n,2) ~= 0 then error "Lo_Exception" else error "Hi_Exception" end end N = (arg and arg[1]) or 1 for i=1,N do some_function(i) end print(format("Exceptions: HI=%d / LO=%d", HI, LO))