> On Mar 23, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.go...@oracle.com> wrote: > > I prefer the simplicity that "all expressions either complete normally or > complete abruptly with cause exception."
Just want to emphasize that this is a really important property of the language, and of what we mean when we call some things "statements" and other things "expressions". A good overview here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se10/html/jls-14.html#jls-14.1 <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se10/html/jls-14.html#jls-14.1> Of course, we can change these definitions. But introducing expressions that can complete abruptly for control flow reasons is a significantly more disruptive change than your typical "add a new kind of expression" feature. —Dan
