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From: ralph@ARIZONA.EDU ("Ralph Griswold")
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Subject: Re:  return expressions
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Date: 10 Jul 89 12:18:43 GMT
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The return expression always returns.  It returns the *outcome* of
evaluating its argument.  If its argument fails, the return causes
failure of the procedure invocation in which it occurs. E.g.,

	return &fail

has the same effect as

	fail

  Ralph Griswold / Dept of Computer Science / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721
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