From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T07:22:30+09:00
Subject: Re: reasons to use else inside rescue

On 2/7/06, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Even though there is some value to it, I suspect that "else" inside a
> > "begin" is rarely used. By "rarely", I mean less that once per hundred
> > "begin" blocks. I suspect this is because it's not a well known
> > feature and ends up making the code a bit harder to understand. I
> > think I'd typically tend to put the "else" code inside the "begin"
> > block. Does anyone disagree with this?
>
> What if the "else code" raises an exception to (not) to be cought?

In that case the exception would go to the method that called the
method containing the else ... and on up the stack.

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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.