https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12558
Issue ID: 12558
Summary: try/catch allows implicit catching of Throwables
without specify any Exception type
Product: D
Version: D2
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: DMD
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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import std.stdio;
void main()
{
try {
assert(0);
} catch
writeln("Caught a Throwable");
}
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$ dmd -run test.d
> Caught a Throwable
This is a misfeature and should be removed with prejudice. At the very least it
should only ever attempt to catch Exceptions and not Errors/Throwables, but I
fail to see how drowning exceptions without ever inspecting them is a good
thing.
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