Returning to top-level on error

From: Nicholas Sandow <njsand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:20:49 +1100

Can Lisp be told not to enter the "break loop" when encountering an error, but instead just return to the top-level?

I'm a newbie and I'm typing all kinds of junk into the top-level by way of exploration. I don't want Lisp to enter the break loop when I type in something nonsensical - I just want it to describe the problem and return to top-level.

If this cannot be done in ANSI CL, then a means for doing it in clisp would be most helpful.

thankyou,
Nick.
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