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Lua port of "try catch finally"
-- Lua try / catch port
-- example:
--[[
TryCatch(
-- try
function()
-- code to execute
-- throw a message
throw("some message")
end,
-- catch
function(exceptionMessage)
print(exceptionMessage)
end,
-- finally
function()
-- do something
end
)
]]
function TryCatch(try, catch, finally)
local status, message = pcall(try)
if catch and not status then
catch(message)
end
if finally then
finally()
end
end
throw = error
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