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 26.7.1 Exception Terminology
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 There are several variations on the terminology for dealing with
 non-local jumps.  It is useful to be aware of them, and to realize that
 they all refer to the same basic mechanism.
 
    * Actually making a non-local jump may be called "raising an
      exception", "raising a signal", "throwing an exception" or "doing
      a long jump".  When the jump indicates an error condition, people
      may talk about "signalling", "raising" or "throwing" "an error".
 
    * Handling the jump at its target may be referred to as "catching" or
      "handling" the "exception", "signal" or, where an error condition
      is involved, "error".
 
    Where "signal" and "signalling" are used, special care is needed to
 avoid the risk of confusion with POSIX signals.  (Especially
 considering that Guile handles POSIX signals by throwing a corresponding
 kind of exception: REFFIXME.)
 
    This manual prefers to speak of throwing and catching exceptions,
 since this terminology matches the corresponding Guile primitives.
 

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