Re: English language basis for "throw"

[Peter Scott]

At 05:33 PM 8/15/00 -0400, John Porter wrote:
>The thing I don't like about C++/Java try/catch syntax is the way
>the blocks are daisychained.  That is not intuitive to the flow.

I find it quite intuitive :-)

>The exception handlers should be more closely bound -- syntactically --
>to the try block.  A switch statement would be closer; but I think an
>OO syntax would be better.  You know, something like
>
>         try {
>                 cough "outa here";
>
>                 catch {
>                         matawba => { sustain; },
>                         ebola => { overrule; },
>                         { punt; }
>                 }
>         }

What interpretation should be placed on statements in the try block 
following a catch block?

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies