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@@ -50389,6 +50389,27 @@ of these version values, the described behaviors are provided if is given an argument which is equal or lower. For instance .code "-C 103" selects the behaviors described below for version 105, but not those for 102. +.IP 161 +Version 161 was the last version in which a bug existed in the +.code handle +macro. In spite of the documentation claiming that +.code handle +has the same syntax as +.codn catch , +the clauses of +.code handle +were being passed the exception symbol as the leftmost argument, followed +by the exception arguments. This convention is different from +.code catch +clauses which do not receive the exception symbol, only the arguments. +The discrepancy was corrected by making +.code handle +behave like +.codn catch , +as documented. Requesting compatibility with 161 or earlier restores +the previous behavior of the +.code handle +macro. .IP 156 After version 156, two behaviors changed in the in the macro expander for .codn caseq , |