From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-05-19T09:29:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Rescue clauses on do/end blocks?

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On May 18, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
>> I'd like some feedback, and if its generally positive, I'll post an  RCR.
> 
> 
> Setting up and tearing down an exception handler for every block  
> invocation is going to be expensive.
> 
> I vote no.
> 

I guess I assumed that it would only do the setup if the rescue
clause actually appeared. But I don't know how the parser and
such really work.


Hal