I think the best argument for having try/catch/else is that it makes it trivial
to translate promises into async/await. Consider this:
```
let result = a()
.then(b, c)
.catch(d);
```
If we want to translate this 1:1 to try/catch/else in an async function we'll
end up with something like this:
```
try {
let x, y;
try {
x = await a();
} catch (e) {
y = await c(e);
} else {
y = await b(x);
}
return y;
} catch (e) {
return await d(e);
}
```
Doing this without `else` would require one of the workarounds suggested
upthread.
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018, at 7:13 PM, Claude Pache wrote:
> What about the following pattern (labelled block + break)?
>
> ```js
> processSuggestions: {
> let suggestions;
> try {
> suggestions = await fetchSuggestions();
> } catch (e) {
> alert('Failed to load suggestions');
> break processSuggestions;
> }
> showSuggestions(suggestions);
> }
> ```
>
> —Claude
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