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Re:Why Checked Exceptions Failed by javajosh on Saturday July 15, 2023 @12:33PM (#36738470)
Popping 1 stack is a normal return; popping N stacks is precisely what is meant by "no-local (or disjoint) transfer of control".
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Re:Why Checked Exceptions Failed by kaba0 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:28PM (#36740139)
It pops one stack at a time only. It’s up to that function call to determine how to proceed further, the exact same way how it would happen with a last-call-chain I was talking about.
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