Re: zsh needs try-finally

[Nikolai Weibull <zsh-workers-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Dave Yost <Dave@xxxxxxxx> [Jun 01, 2004 23:30]:
> Zsh needs a mechanism a la Java's try-finally or lisp's unwind-protect.

Why?  Isn't this a bit ambitious for a shell language?  Some people
complain that Zsh is too complex already and tries to do too
much...While exception handling is great in most cases, I wonder if a
shell really needs it.
	nikolai

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