From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-03-05T09:27:03+09:00
Subject: Re: rescue inside block -> syntax error

On Friday, March 5, 2004, 4:24:41 AM, Kent wrote:


>> +1, and IIRC that rcr just felt in some limbo.. What was wrong with it
>> ?

> For starters, it would start drifting do..end blocks and {..} blocks
> apart, unless you'd allow it in those too.

> {|this|
>    this.will
> ensure
>    self.gag
>    other_who_like_curly_braces.gag
> }

But what is the alternative?  I mean, how often do you see code like
this?

  meth(arg) {
    begin
      # ...
    rescue
      # ...
    end
  }

Gavin