From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-05-18T23:55:36+09:00
Subject: Rescue clauses on do/end blocks?

I know this has been on the table before, but I really see no reason not 
to allow do/end blocks to have rescue clauses on them, i.e.

   foo do
     bar
   rescue
     baz
   end

and even

   foo do
     bar
   rescue
     baz
   ensure
     bur
   end

These would be equivalent to

   foo do
     begin
       bar
     rescue
       baz
     ensure
       bur
     end
   end

When an ensure clause is added, the expression evaluated therein will 
always be the return value of a call to the block -- just as if there 
was a begin/end block inside the do/end block.

This wouldn't offer any new functionality, but would make the use of 
rescue and ensure clauses more consistent -- currently they work with 
begin, class, and def blocks (more?).

There's of course the case of the curly bracket block syntax, but I see 
no need to support it there -- I think it's most commonly used with 
one-liners, where rescuing may be overkill.

I'd like some feedback, and if its generally positive, I'll post an RCR.


Cheers,
Daniel