Graham- Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 11:02:56 AM, you wrote:
> I get a result, "nan", and the catch doesn't fire. Why not? Maybe > someone can explain what the engine is doing here - or is it just an > obscure bug? It fires for me in either case. To get the actual error code, change the code to try put value(fld "myField") into testResult catch e answer e exit mouseUp end try That way you see that sqrt(-1) results in 555 "sqrt: domain error" and (-8)^(2/3) results in 402 "pow: range error (overflow)". Both of them also return "-nan", as expected. -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
