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> (raise obj ) > > Invokes the current exception handler on obj . The handler is called > in the dynamic environment of the call to raise , except that the > current exception handler is that in place for the call to > with-exception-handler that installed the handler being called. The > handler's continuation is otherwise unspecified. I'm sorry to say, but this definition is inconsistent with SRFI 18 because of this section in SRFI 18: Primitives and exceptions When one of the primitives defined in this SRFI raises an exception defined in this SRFI, the exception handler is called with the same continuation as the primitive (i.e. it is a tail call to the exception handler). This requirement avoids having to use call-with-current-continuation to get the same effect in some situations. In SRFI 18 the exception handler must be called with the same continuation as "raise" (and consequently the same dynamic environment and exception handler). The "try" form is important because it implicitly brings the dynamic environment (and exception handler) back to what it was at the time of the "try". "with-exception-handler" must be used with great care and understanding of the Scheme implementation because it can lead to an infinite recursion. For example: (call-with-current-continuation (lambda (return) (with-exception-handler (lambda (exc) (write (list 'got 'exception exc)) (return 'an-exception-was-raised))) (lambda () (list 1 2 3)))) In a Scheme implementation that signals heap overflows by raising an exception, the call (list 1 2 3) will cause the exception handler to be called if the 3 element list can't be allocated, which will again call the same exception handler when the expression (list 'got 'exception exc) is evaluated, etc, etc. Robust and portable code should only use the "try" form. Marc