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author | Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org> | 2005-07-26 15:42:38 -0500 |
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committer | H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> | 2005-07-27 16:26:16 +0000 |
commit | 28a5cf3b760f8b6322a0839e3b3e060e7a6f23ea (patch) | |
tree | 12e0fd22a1cd3ffde0f4520840d1e83a44db99a9 /pod/perlhack.pod | |
parent | d3c62e8b294a3a45a5d44ea83433c15b6a39a198 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index 1a88b52315..9dc1053cd6 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -877,9 +877,9 @@ retrieves the return op from it, and returns it. =item Exception handing -Perl's exception handing (ie C<die> etc) is built on top of the low-level +Perl's exception handing (i.e. C<die> etc) is built on top of the low-level C<setjmp()>/C<longjmp()> C-library functions. These basically provide a -way to capture the current PC and SP registers and later restore them; ie +way to capture the current PC and SP registers and later restore them; i.e. a C<longjmp()> continues at the point in code where a previous C<setjmp()> was done, with anything further up on the C stack being lost. This is why code should always save values using C<SAVE_FOO> rather than in auto |