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From:
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans
Date:
December 17, 2021 21:44
Subject:
Re: Pre-RFC: try/catch/finally and generic finally blocks
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20211217214347.3ca51ff7@shy.leonerd.org.uk
On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:43:31 +0000
Oodler 577 via perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote:

> but why not call it "finally"? "defer" begs the question,
> "defer until when?"; "finally" asks and answers this quite succinctly.

Because many many (many) languages already have try/catch/finally in
this same shape, and many many languages already have defer in this
same shape.

That familiarity in users' expectations is good.

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