The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms (pdf)

Description

Throughout, the author demonstrates how to extend Lisp using Lisp itself by using the condition system as an example. This is done while paying proper attention to the CL restart subsystem, giving it attention on a par with the handler subsystem. After reading and using this book, you’ll have learned about the inner functioning of the condition system, how to use it in your own Common Lisp coding and applications, and how to implement it from scratch, should such a need arise.

What You Will Learn

• Examine the condition system and see why it is important in Common Lisp
• Construct the condition system from scratch using foundational mechanisms provided by Common Lisp
• Program the condition system and its control flow mechanisms to achieve practical results
• Implement all parts of a condition system: conditions, restarts, handler- and restart-binding macros, signalling mechanisms, assertions, a debugger, and more