"case catch" instead of "case throws"?

[Holo The Sage Wolf]

The branch catches a case of throws

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024, 16:18 Patrick Doyle, <p.r.doyle at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Brian's "Uniform handling of failure in switch", he proposes the syntax
> "case throws". I see the motivation (it certainly reads nicely) but since
> such clauses are catching exceptions, wouldn't it be more in line with the
> rest of the language to use "case catch"?
>
> This would also serve to preserve the word "throws" for its usual purpose
> if ever "switch ... throws" becomes a thing.
>
> --
> Patrick Doyle
> p.r.doyle at gmail.com
>
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