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-rw-r--r--doc/ref/guile/util.texi6
-rw-r--r--module/hnh/util.scm9
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/guile/util.texi b/doc/ref/guile/util.texi
index 2cf1070b..3f37491d 100644
--- a/doc/ref/guile/util.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/guile/util.texi
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@ Similar to @var{let}, but sets environment variables for the code in
body. Restores the old values once we leave.
@end defmac
+@defmac catch* thunk (symbol proc) ...
+Macro allowing multiple exception types to be caught. Each (symbol
+proc) pair expands to a regular @code{catch}, with the leftmost being
+innermost.
+@end defmac
+
@subsection UUID generation
Provided by module @code{(hnh util uuid)}.
diff --git a/module/hnh/util.scm b/module/hnh/util.scm
index e766cd0a..3019b35b 100644
--- a/module/hnh/util.scm
+++ b/module/hnh/util.scm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
and=>> label
print-and-return
begin1
+ catch*
)
#:replace (let* set! define-syntax
when unless))
@@ -577,3 +578,11 @@
(lambda ()
(for-each (lambda (pair) (setenv (car pair) (caddr pair)))
env-pairs))))]))
+
+(define-syntax catch*
+ (syntax-rules ()
+ ((_ thunk (key handler))
+ (catch (quote key) thunk handler))
+ ((_ thunk (key handler) rest ...)
+ (catch* (lambda () (catch (quote key) thunk handler))
+ rest ...))))