Panic in Scilab
In Scilab, there isn’t a direct equivalent to Go’s panic
function. However, we can use error handling and the error
function to achieve similar behavior. Here’s how we might implement a similar concept:
Running this program will cause it to trigger an error, print an error message, and exit with a non-zero status.
When the first error
in main
is triggered, the program exits without reaching the rest of the code. If you’d like to see the program try to create a temp file, comment out the first error
call.
Note that unlike some languages which use exceptions for handling of many errors, in Scilab it’s common to use error-indicating return values wherever possible, and use the error
function for unrecoverable situations.
In Scilab, error handling is typically done using the try
-catch
construct for recoverable errors, and the error
function for unrecoverable errors. The error
function in Scilab is somewhat similar to panic
in Go, as it immediately stops the execution of the current function and returns control to the command line or the calling environment.