On 23/09/2010, at 11:12 AM, Josh McDonald <j...@joshmcdonald.info> wrote:

> Hey guys, I'm not weighing in on checked v unchecked, just a syntax sugar 
> idea!
> 
> We've got two ifs:
> 
> if (foo)
>   bar();
> 
> and
> 
> if (foo) {
>   bar();
> }
> 
> So why not introduce a cut-down syntax for common exceptions? Something like 
> this:

I believe it's fair to say the second firm if ifs an it's cousins while loops 
etc without braces are considered bad form because it's too easy to insert a 
statement inside and forget to enclose in braces afterwards if necessary.
> 
> try file=File.open(...) catch(SomeException se, OtherException oe);
> 
> Which would be expanded out by the compiler to this:
> 
> SomeException se = null;
> OtherException oe = null;
> 
> try {
>   file = File.open(...);
> } catch (SomeException e) {
>  se = e;
> } catch (OtherException e) {
>   oe = e;
> }
> 
> And you can check the contents of the exception or not at your leisure.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -- 
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> 
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