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Quote: in CLU, an exception is as efficient as a normal return; use exceptions to distinguish multiple returns

topics > all references > references i-l > QuoteRef: liskB_1996 , p. 506



Topic:
failure returning functions and expressions
Group:
exception handling

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In CLU, exceptions are implemented very efficiently: signaling … [For example, we would return a fail exception if returning the bottom element of a set failed. We would not bother with testing for an empty set first.]   Google-1   Google-2

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