# Exit

The statement

        EXIT

raises the exit-exception. An `EXIT` statement must be textually enclosed by a `LOOP`, `WHILE`, `REPEAT`, or `FOR` statement.

We define `EXIT` and `RETURN` in terms of exceptions in order to specify their interaction with the exception handling statements. As a pathological example, consider the following code, which is an elaborate infinite loop:

        LOOP
          TRY
            TRY EXIT FINALLY RAISE E END
          EXCEPT
            E => (*skip*)
          END
        END

    Last modified on Wed Apr  3 09:39:07 PST 1996 by heydon
         modified on Fri Apr 15 08:53:02 PDT 1994 by kalsow