From: Benedikt Heinen <ruby@...>
Date: 2006-12-12T23:43:49+09:00
Subject: Re: else inside rescue is useless?

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
>> From the Rubinius test suite:
>   @count = 1
>   begin
>     p @count
>     raise ArgumentError, 'just kidding' unless @count > 3
>   rescue Exception => e
>     @count += 1
>     retry
>   else
>     p 7
>   ensure
>     p 8
>   end

[...]

> 'else' only runs if no exception was raised.

Yes, else only runs if no exception was raised; and it will run BEFORE the 
ensure block. BUT unlike code in the main code block (begin..rescue) it 
CAN raise unchecked exceptions.



Benedikt

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