try .. finally

[Paolo]

Hello ,
simple question, and at the moment I think the answer is NO...

Is there a convenient way to know if the code inside Finally..End block is excuted because there is an active Exception and not as part of normal code flow ?

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1. try
2. ..
3. finally
4. ..           <--- I want to know if I am here as normal code flow or by a raised exception
5. end;
6.  

Regards.

[jamie]

Clear a variable at the beginning of your code for example before the try and at the end of the code block before the finally set the variable if the code gets there you can test the variable within the finally

[Paolo]

that is what I do. You confirm there si not "dedicated" way to detect such situation.

thanks.

[jamie]

of course there is a dedicated way to do this.

Use an Exception instead of both.

Jamie

[Thaddy]

Jamie,

You might also have explained that try/finally and try/except are different beasts.
They have comparable syntax but serve a different purpose.

[jamie]

Jamie,

You might also have explained that try/finally and try/except are different beasts.
They have comparable syntax but serve a different purpose.

Excuse ME!

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1.   Try
2.     Try
3.      Beep;
4.   Except
5.     Beep;
6.   end;
7.   finally
8.    Beep;
9.   end;                  
10.  

Something of that order.

Jamie

[Paolo]

this does not answer the question.

The code in the finally block is executed regardless a exception is raised or not, so it is still not konw if an exception is raised or not when code in finally block is executed.

better stay with the flag approach.

[jamie]

You can insert a BREAK in the exception block there and it will not execute the Finally.

At least it should not.

Ops that does not work oh well.

 maybe abort? it compiles,
jamie

[PascalDragon]

You can insert a BREAK in the exception block there and it will not execute the Finally.

At least it should not.

A break does not skip finally-blocks.

maybe abort? it compiles,

Abort is simply a raise EAbort.

[jamie]

You are correct about the "break", it won't even compile.