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- error(n) Tcl Built-In Commands
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- NAME
- error - Generate an error
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- SYNOPSIS
- error _m_e_s_s_a_g_e ?_i_n_f_o? ?_c_o_d_e?
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- DESCRIPTION
- Returns a TCL_ERROR code, which causes command interpreta-
- tion to be unwound. _M_e_s_s_a_g_e is a string that is returned to
- the application to indicate what went wrong.
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- If the _i_n_f_o argument is provided and is non-empty, it is
- used to initialize the global variable errorInfo. errorInfo
- is used to accumulate a stack trace of what was in progress
- when an error occurred; as nested commands unwind, the Tcl
- interpreter adds information to errorInfo. If the _i_n_f_o
- argument is present, it is used to initialize errorInfo and
- the first increment of unwind information will not be added
- by the Tcl interpreter. In other words, the command con-
- taining the error command will not appear in errorInfo; in
- its place will be _i_n_f_o. This feature is most useful in con-
- junction with the catch command: if a caught error cannot be
- handled successfully, _i_n_f_o can be used to return a stack
- trace reflecting the original point of occurrence of the
- error:
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- catch {...} errMsg
- set savedInfo $errorInfo
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- error $errMsg $savedInfo
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- If the _c_o_d_e argument is present, then its value is stored in
- the errorCode global variable. This variable is intended to
- hold a machine-readable description of the error in cases
- where such information is available; see the section BUILT-
- IN VARIABLES below for information on the proper format for
- the variable. If the _c_o_d_e argument is not present, then
- errorCode is automatically reset to ``NONE'' by the Tcl
- interpreter as part of processing the error generated by the
- command.
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- KEYWORDS
- error, errorCode, errorInfo
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