Name

throw:exception — ordinary primitive

Synopsis

FORTH

THROW ( n -- )();
p4:"throw";

Description

raise an exception - it will adjust the depth of all stacks and start interpreting at the point of the latest CATCH <br> if n is null nothing happens, the -1 (ie. FALSE ) is the raise-code of ABORT - the other codes are implementation dependent and will result in something quite like ABORT

dpANS 9.6.1.2275 - standard forth word