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(define-module (ice-9 stack-catch)
  :export (stack-catch))

(define (stack-catch key thunk handler)
  "Like @code{catch}, invoke @var{thunk} in the dynamic context of
@var{handler} for exceptions matching @var{key}, but also save the
current stack state in the @var{the-last-stack} fluid, for the purpose
of debugging or re-throwing of an error.  If thunk throws to the
symbol @var{key}, then @var{handler} is invoked this way:\n
@example
(handler key args ...)
@end example\n
@var{key} is a symbol or #t.\n
@var{thunk} takes no arguments.  If @var{thunk} returns normally, that
is the return value of @code{catch}.\n
Handler is invoked outside the scope of its own @code{catch}.  If
@var{handler} again throws to the same key, a new handler from further
up the call chain is invoked.\n
If the key is @code{#t}, then a throw to @emph{any} symbol will match
this call to @code{catch}."
  (catch key
	 (lambda ()
	   (lazy-catch key
		       thunk
		       lazy-handler-dispatch))
	 handler))