alt_raise

This function will try a statement. If the statement is successful it will just return the result but in case of an error, it will re-raise the error using a given error code. The following code below will illustrate how alt_raise works:

Without an optional error message

// the following code:
res = alt_raise(statement, error_code);

// is equivalent to:
res = try(statement);

if (is_err(res)) {
    raise(error_code, res.msg());
};

With an error message

// the following code:
res = alt_raise(statement, error_code, err_msg);

// is equivalent to:
res = try(statement);

if (is_err(res)) {
    raise(error_code, err_msg);
};

This function does not generate a change.

Function

alt_raise(statement, code, [message])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
statement	any (required)	The statement to try.
code	int (required)	Integer error code between -127 and -50.
message	str (optional)	Optional error message.

Return value

The value for the specified statement when the statement is successful.

Example

Some examples on how alt_raise() can be used:

set_type('Person', {
    name: 'str<3:20>'
});

alt_raise({
    // The code below will raise a value error since the name is not long enough
    Person{
        name: 'x'
    };
}, -100, "Type `Person` expects a name between 3 and 20 characters");