[40682] trunk/dports

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Sat Oct 11 01:55:07 PDT 2008


nox wrote:
>> What is the difference between "error" and "return -code error"? I  
>> keep learning about new ways of returning errors from ports. It's  
>> disconcerting that there are so many ways. :/
>>
> 
> None.
>  From the manpages, `error string` <=> `return -code error string`

I think technically 'error' generates an error in the current context,
while 'return -code error' generates it in the caller's context. I don't
think there's any practical difference for Portfile purposes.

- Josh


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