Well, I think you just misunderstand exception and try..catch expression. catch subexpression (in your case println) will evaluated only when try subexpression (in your case log & let) throws exception.
Thanks, Di Xu 2015-10-08 14:35 GMT+08:00 Lawrence Krubner <[email protected]>: > I'm thinking that I've misunderstood something about how to catch an > Exception. I have these 2 functions: > > (defn catch-exceptions [e this-users-conversation] > (try > (timbre/log :trace (str "in catch-exceptions our exception was: " e)) > (let [error (:object (ex-data e)) > status (if (:status error) > (:status error) > 500) > body (if (:body error) > (:body error) > (str e)) > intent (if (:intent this-users-conversation) > (:intent this-users-conversation) > "api") > reply {:message body :status status :intent intent}] > reply) > (catch Exception e (println "in catch-exceptions we triggered this > exception: " e)))) > > (defn pull-response-from-query [this-users-conversation function-to-call] > "Formatting exceptions as Peter requested so the iPhone app only needs > to check the top-level status." > (try > (function-to-call this-users-conversation) > (catch Exception e (catch-exceptions e this-users-conversation)))) > > > Testing in the terminal, and feeding in garbage in a deliberate attempt to > trigger the exception, I see this line over and over again: > > (timbre/log :trace (str "in catch-exceptions our exception was: " e)) > > but I never get this line: > > (timbre/log :trace (str "in catch-exceptions our reply was: " > reply)) > > nor do I ever see: > > "in catch-exceptions we triggered this exception: " > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
