Resource Block from do() { } to try() { }

[Mark Mahieu]

On 2 Sep 2009, at 19:46, Joshua Bloch wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:11 AM, serge Boulay  
> <serge_boulay at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> What was the reason the resource block changed from the keyword  
>> “do” to the
>> keyword “try”.
>
>
> It feels more like a try-catch ("attempt this computation, then do  
> cleanup")
> than a loop ("keep doing this until some condition occurs").

Personally, I never confused the 'do' variant with a 'do...while',  
but having experimented with both I think you're right that 'try' is  
the superior option if you're going to stick with one of those two;  
it conveys to the reader that the code contained within may  
'fail' (but be automagically cleaned-up).

>
>  Is it possibly more confusing using the “try” keyword since you  
> can attach
>> a catch and finally clause to the block.
>
>
> We didn't have to permit this, but found it to be useful in practice.
>

Definitely.

>
>        Josh
>

Cheers,

Mark