Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"

[Glenn Linderman]

Damian Conway wrote:

> Actually, I do agree that Perl 6 ought to provide a universal "destructor"
> mechanism on *any* block. For historical reasons, I suppose it should be
> C<continue>, though I would much prefer a more generic name, such as
> C<cleanup>.

Both of the exception handling RFCs discuss an "always" block that is
equivalent to a universal destructor mechanism on any block.

Cleanup is a nice word, but maybe sometimes you want to do something that
doesn't really fit the connotation of cleaning up.  Whereas "always" just says
when it is done.

    return ( $stuff, $morestuff, $whatever )  always close F;

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