On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:30:41 -0800 (PST), Larry Wall wrote:
> Andy Wardley writes:
> : Same with 'last/NEXT' - they're so similar
> : in concept that the implementation details should not matter.
>
> You mean last/LAST and next/NEXT, I suspect. But there's another
> argument for case differentiation. By this argument, the rethink should
> go in the opposite direction, giving us catch/CATCH.
I like that, especially because it makes the try with no CATCH read better:
try { ... } # But what happens if we fail?
catch { ... } # Implicit CATCH, now made explicit!
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