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Return type: Boolean
Returns:       

Returns true if the named catch is active at this point in the program, and false otherwise. Replacing is with isnt will reverse the results.



Syntax
  named-throw (is | isnt) catchable


Purpose

Tests whether the named catch is active at this point in the program. A catch is active only when it is in a scope that is currently executing.

The named catch can be any of the following:

A compile-time error results if the named catch is not declared within the program.

The following code uses is catchable to see if there is a currently active catch named empty-recordset before throwing to it:

  do when empty-recordset is catchable
     throw empty-recordset
  else
     log-message "Received an empty record-set."
     halt with 1
  done

      Related Concepts
   Catch and throw
 
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