return-from GF with :after methods?

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From: Len Charest
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:54

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I have a generic function with a primary method and at least one :after method. The GF uses standard method combination. In the body of the primary method I have a conditional RETURN-FROM statement which I had assumed would throw out of the *GF* altogether and skip execution of the :after method (essentially overriding the semantics of standard method combination). However, in Lucid 4.0.2 the :after method is executed anyway--the net effect of RETURN-FROM being immediate exit from the primary method only. 




Is this correct behavior? If so, how do I exit from a primary method such that :after method are skipped? I'd like to avoid use of THROW and non-standard method combination. Is it possible?
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                                  Len Charest, Jr.
                 JPL Artificial Intelligence Group
                          charest@aig.jpl.nasa.gov

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