Re: Modifing try-catch statement

[David Manura <dm.lua@...>]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Ted Unangst <ted.unangst@gmail.com> wrote:
> Calling error in xpcall results in a stack overflow, because the error
> handler is still in effect while it's running.  This is arguably a
> bug.  The manual says it calls f in protected mode, but doesn't say
> the same about err.

Though it doesn't say explicitly, and maybe it should, the behavior of
xpcall I think is implied by lua_pcall, which can return LUA_ERRERR
"error while running the error handler function."