[Mono-list] exception semantics

[Iratxo Pichel Ortiz.]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeroen Frijters" <mono@jeroen.nu>
To: "'Dwivedi , Ajay Kumar'" <AjayKumar.Dwivedi@Dresdner-Bank.com>;
<mortenolsen@mail.com>; "'Jeroen Frijters'" <mono@jeroen.nu>
Cc: <mono-list@ximian.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Mono-list] exception semantics


>You are absolutely right. I apologise for spreading misinformation.

>I was thinking about the following code:
>try
>{
>Console.WriteLine("try");
>throw new Exception();
>}
>catch(Exception x)
>{
>Console.WriteLine("catch");
>throw new Exception();
>}
>finally
>{
>Console.WriteLine("finally");
>}

>Which does not cause the finally clause to run.

I've tried it, and after the second exception is managed by another
try-catch ot by the system, the "finally" finally runs, at least under MS
compiler and
run-time.

    Cheers,

    Iratxo.

PS: I think this is the correct behaviour. ;-)
>Regards,
>Jeroen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dwivedi , Ajay Kumar
> [mailto:AjayKumar.Dwivedi@Dresdner-Bank.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 14:48
> To: 'mortenolsen@mail.com'; Jeroen Frijters
> Cc: mono-list@ximian.com
> Subject: RE: [Mono-list] exception semantics
>
>
> This is NOT the correct behaviour.
>
> Tried it with Visual Studio .NET Beta 2
> Output::
> In try
> In catch
> In finally
> Press any key to continue
>
> If it were otherwise, it would have defeated the purpose of Finally.
>
> Regards,
> Ajay
>
> #! If anything can go wrong, FIX it. (To hell with Murphy)
> Dwivedi, Ajay kumar
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeroen Frijters [mailto:mono@jeroen.nu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:52 PM
> > To: mortenolsen@mail.com; mono-list@ximian.com
> > Subject: RE: [Mono-list] exception semantics
> >
> >
> > This is the correct behaviour, since you explicitly return from the
> > catch block.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jeroen
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com
> > > [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com] On Behalf Of Morten
> > Sylvest Olsen
> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 21:49
> > > To: mono-list@ximian.com
> > > Subject: [Mono-list] exception semantics
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi..
> > >
> > > Whats the current state of the interpreter?
> > >
> > > I tried to run the following code (compiled with ms csc.exe):
> > >
> > > ...
> > > try {
> > > Console.WriteLine("In try");
> > > throw new Exception();
> > > //return(1);
> > > }
> > > catch (Exception e) {
> > > Console.WriteLine("In catch");
> > > return(2);
> > > }
> > > finally {
> > > Console.WriteLine("In finally");
> > > }
> > >
> > > and got:
> > >
> > > In try
> > > In catch
> > >
> > > No execution of the finally block happens.
> > >
> > > Whats the concensus on the exception semantics? I was
> > > discussed back in
> > > August, but I couldn't glean any conclusion whether a
> > finally block is
> > > supposed to be executed before or after the exception handler.
> > >
> > > - Morten
> > >
> > > Novinson's Revolutionary Discovery:
> > > When comes the revolution, things will be different --
> > > not better, just different.
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > email: morten@bergsoe.k-net.dk,c958496@student.dtu.dk
> > > addresse: Bergsøe Kollegiet v. 1105 2850 Nærum
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> > >
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