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From: Fredrik Jonsson <euafjo@uab.ericsson.se> writes:

 > Jason D. Morris wrote:
 > > 
 > > Ok, but that still doesn't answer my question.  I didn't ask for a
 > > method for simulating a finally block, I asked if the committee had
 > > considered a finally block as part of the exception handling
 > > mechanism, and if they had, why it wasn't adopted.
 > > 
 > > Jason
 > 
 > I know the finally statement was mentioned/discussed during
 > afterwork hours at the Santa Cruz meeting but unfortunately
 > that is about it. (I agree with you that it is very convenient
 > to have the finally block, and most Borland Delphi or Java
 > programmers will agree on that.)
 > 
 > Ie. the answer to your question would be no, it has not been
 > discussed, at least not as far as I know.

A finally-clause on a try block was certainly considered during the
design of the exception handling mechanisms. I considered it ad hoc
and inelegant compared to the "resource requisition is initialization"
technique. Also, catch(...) has some of the properties (good and bad)
of a finally-clause. See for example sec 16.5 of D&E.

	- Bjarne

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