Re: Proposal: A block between "try" and "catch".
On 6 juin, 17:57, Carl Barron <cbarron...@adelphia.net> wrote:
well lets get smaller:
bool do_rethrow = false;
try
{
Object obj("data");
do_rethrow = true; // ct0r did not throw
do_something_else(ob,"something");
}
catch (range_error &e)
{
if(do_rethrow)
throw;
else
{
....
}
}
As new syntax proposals seem to be welcomed, here are my two cents :
try (bool do_rethrow = false)
// All variables declared in the parenthesis are valid only in the try-
catch block
{
Object obj("data");
do_rethrow = true; // ct0r did not throw
do_something_else(ob,"something");
} catch (range_error &e) {
if (do_rethrow) {
throw;
} else {
// ...
}
}
This would avoid the clutter of an extra out of scope variable, or an
anonymous scope. Plus, I find it quite clear. Yet I'm fairly certain
that this new syntax comes with many problems I didn't foresee, and
I'm curious to know what they are...
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