Update HTML docs for try/protect

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mpeterv 2016-02-16 11:44:02 +03:00 committed by Philipp Janda
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@ -220,13 +220,6 @@ Returns an equivalent function that instead of throwing exceptions,
returns <tt><b>nil</b></tt> followed by an error message.
</p>
<p class=note>
Note: Beware that if your function performs some illegal operation that
raises an error, the protected function will catch the error and return it
as a string. This is because the <a href=#try><tt>try</tt></a> function
uses errors as the mechanism to throw exceptions.
</p>
<!-- select +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -->
<p class=name id=select>
@ -424,8 +417,7 @@ socket.<b>try(</b>ret<sub>1</sub> [, ret<sub>2</sub> ... ret<sub>N</sub>]<b>)</b
<p class=description>
Throws an exception in case of error. The exception can only be caught
by the <a href=#protect><tt>protect</tt></a> function. It does not explode
into an error message.
by the <a href=#protect><tt>protect</tt></a> function.
</p>
<p class=parameters>
@ -436,7 +428,10 @@ nested with <tt>try</tt>.
<p class=return>
The function returns <tt>ret</tt><sub>1</sub> to <tt>ret</tt><sub>N</sub> if
<tt>ret</tt><sub>1</sub> is not <tt><b>nil</b></tt>. Otherwise, it calls <tt>error</tt> passing <tt>ret</tt><sub>2</sub>.
<tt>ret</tt><sub>1</sub> is not <tt><b>nil</b></tt> or <tt><b>false</b></tt>.
Otherwise, it calls <tt>error</tt> passing <tt>ret</tt><sub>2</sub> wrapped
in a table with metatable used by <a href=#protect><tt>protect</tt></a> to
distinguish exceptions from runtime errors.
</p>
<pre class=example>