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I would like to know if the following construct was ever considered by
the C++ and if it was, why it was rejected.

try
{
    // some code that could generate an exception...
}
catch ( // some expected exception type )
{
    // handler code
}
finally
{
    // code that would be guaranteed to execute no matter how the 
    // function was exited.
}

Basically, a Java style finally clause.  I also found it interesting
that Microsoft's structured exception handling under Win32 includes a
finally clause.

Jason
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