Re: bug in 8.4.14 return -code error?

Bryan Oakley <oakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don Porter wrote:
Bryan Oakley wrote:
I'm seeing what looks like buggy behavior with "return -code error" in
8.4.14.
Is it at odds with any documentation?
Yes. return -code error doesn't behave according to the documentation IMO.

I don't think it's a bug.

[return -code error] is designed to make the *current procedure*
behave like the command "error", not to be equivalent to [error]
itself.

catch {return -code error} is 2(return) , not 1(error)

Prior to 8.5, there is no way to recognize the "-code error"
from the information provided by catch, if the return happens
immediately inside the catch-body.

.

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