Bug #59339 for Try-Tiny: finally block is not executed if catch block throws an exception

Tue Jul 13 22:05:59 2010 perl [...] galumph.com - Ticket created

Subject:	finally block is not executed if catch block throws an exception
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:05:45 -0500
To:	bug-Try-Tiny [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Elliot Shank <perl [...] galumph.com>

This could be considered a code bug or a documentation bug, depending upon one's perspective. To quote from the 0.06 documentation: "Finally blocks are always executed making them suitable for cleanup code which cannot be handled using local." This is not true; if the catch block throws an exception, then the finally block does not get run. I can see this from two perspectives. One could take the view that finally means finally dammit, and that that code should always execute, no matter what. On the other hand, one could say that catch blocks are supposed to be doing error handling and take care of such things as there being further problems. Given that view, it should just be documented that this is the case.

Sun Nov 28 17:40:14 2010 DOY [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I can't reproduce this - can you supply a failing test? I've added a passing test for this issue to t/finally.t.

Sun Nov 28 17:40:15 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sat Jan 08 16:21:49 2011 perl [...] galumph.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #59339] finally block is not executed if catch block throws an exception
Date:	Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:21:31 -0600
To:	bug-Try-Tiny [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Elliot Shank <perl [...] galumph.com>

I can no longer reproduce this. You can close this report. Thanks.

Sat Jan 08 16:40:15 2011 rjbs [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Thanks, closed. -- rjbs

Sat Jan 08 16:40:16 2011 rjbs [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'