On 10/20/07, Charles Oliver Nutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, what about a new type of exception-like feature: Jump
>
> public class Jump {}
>
> public class NonLocalReturn < Jump {
> Object returnValue;
> }
>
> Jumps would not be catchable as either errors or throwables, though they
> would still trigger finally blocks. Because they'd be a new class of
> exception-like feature, no existing code would be incorrectly trying to
> catch them. And they're explicitly stated to be used for these sorts of
> "jump" events.
This sounds like a great idea. It uses existing structures in a new
way that could then be optimized for the needs of non-java languages
at the VM level. I can't see a downside.
-Frank
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