From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-10-02T21:41:26+09:00
Subject: Re: "ensure" hiding actual error


On Oct 2, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Nit Khair wrote:

> I spent many years in Java where the style was:
>
> try {
>   resource = init_resource
> } catch (exception) {}
> finally {
>   resource.close
> }

This is common in Java, but it is incorrect.

What happens if init_resource() throws an exception?


Dave