OO fork of https://gist.github.com/cwarden/1207556

example-try-catch.lua

local try = require "try"

try(
   function()
      error('oops')
   end
):catch(
   function(err)
      print('caught error: ' .. err)
   end
)

try.lua

local function try(something)
   local obj = {}
   function obj:catch(anotherThing)
      if not self.status then
         return anotherThing(self.result)
      else
         return self.result
      end
   end
   obj.status, obj.result = pcall(something)
   return obj
end

return try