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error(n) Tcl Built-In Commands
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NAME
error - Generate an error
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.
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:
catch {...} errMsg
set savedInfo $errorInfo
...
error $errMsg $savedInfo
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.
KEYWORDS
error, errorCode, errorInfo
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