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Throwing

[
  Datatype throwing
  Funcon   thrown
  Funcon   finalise-throwing
  Funcon   throw
  Funcon   handle-thrown
  Funcon   handle-recursively
  Funcon   catch-else-throw
]

Meta-variables
  R, S, T, T′, T′′ <: values

Datatype
  throwing ::= thrown(_:values)

thrown(V) is a reason for abrupt termination.

Funcon
  finalise-throwing(X:=>T) : =>T|null-type
   ~> finalise-abrupting(X)

finalise-throwing(X) handles abrupt termination of X due to executing throw(V).

Funcon
  throw(V:T) : =>empty-type
   ~> abrupt(thrown(V))

throw(V) abruptly terminates all enclosing computations uTil it is handled.

Funcon
  handle-thrown(_:T′=>T, _:T′′=>T) : T′=>T

handle-thrown(X, Y) first evaluates X. If X terminates normally with value V, then V is returned and Y is ignored. If X terminates abruptly with a thrown eTity having value V, then Y is executed with V as given value.

handle-thrown(X, Y) is associative, with throw(given) as unit. handle-thrown(X, else(Y, throw(given))) ensures that if Y fails, the thrown value is re-thrown.

Rule
                    X --abrupted( )-> X′
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  handle-thrown(X, Y) --abrupted( )-> handle-thrown(X′, Y)
Rule
    X --abrupted(thrown(V′′:values))-> X′
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  handle-thrown(X, Y) --abrupted( )-> give(V′′, Y)
Rule
                    X --abrupted(V′:~throwing)-> X′
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  handle-thrown(X, Y) --abrupted(V′)-> handle-thrown(X′, Y)
Rule
  handle-thrown(V:T, Y) ~> V

Funcon
  handle-recursively(X:S=>T, Y:R=>T) : S=>T
    ~> handle-thrown(X, else(handle-recursively(Y, Y), throw(given)))

handle-recursively(X, Y) behaves similarly to handle-thrown(X, Y), except that another copy of the handler attempts to handle any values thrown by Y. Thus, many thrown values may get handled by the same handler.

Funcon
  catch-else-throw(P:values, Y:=>T) : =>T
    ~> else(case-match(P, Y), throw(given))

handle-thrown(X, catch-else-throw(P, Y)) handles those values thrown by X that match pattern P. Other thrown values are re-thrown.

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