RE: [PHP-DEV] try..catch and finally

: Zeev Said > How about simply: > > try { > ... modify contents ... > } catch { > ... any error recovery code here ... > } > ... cleanup code ... > > > We're mostly gearing try..catch to allow users to handle errors, not > perform cleanups. Then a "roll-your-own" finally would look like this: $rethrowme = null; ... allocate/get something important ... try { ... use it (may fail) ... } catch ($except) { $rethrowme = $except; } ... free/unlock/release thing we got above ... if ($rethrowme) throw($rethrowme); Not the nicest thing, but it will do without a real "finally" construct. > >I understand if you don't implement a "finally" mechanism > right away, but I > >urge you to keep it in mind while writing the try..catch > code; maybe someday > >there will be hundreds of people asking for "finally" :-) > > We're not even implementing try..catch right away, let alone > try..finally :) > > Zeev Not before today anyway... :)