I've had a look at issue #32913 for a
while now, but after looking through
errore.msg on an unrelated note, I
discovered that it seems to be the
intention that Exit is not supported in
the finally section of a try...finally
block, although apparently such a
construct is supported in Delphi.

Do-wan Kim provided a fix for the internal
error, but the original submitter states
that Delphi allows Exit in finally
sections, something I cannot personally
test. How should I proceed from here? If
in ObjFPC mode, Exit is indeed illegal, I
can fix that so the presence of Exit
returns the relevant error.

Gareth aka Kit

Exiting from finally? Is it something new?0

http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/delphiAndcpp2009/HelpUpdate2/EN/html/devcommon/cm_cant_leave_finally_xml.html

Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote

Exiting from finally? Is it something new?0 http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/delphiAndcpp2009/HelpUpdate2/EN/html/devcommon/cm_cant_leave_finally_xml.html

Still documented for Tokyo:
<http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Tokyo/en/E2126_Cannot_BREAK,_CONTINUE_or_EXIT_out_of_a_FINALLY_clause_%28Delphi%29>

Although the example is of course wrong, the way it's given would be 'E2097 BREAK or CONTINUE outside of loop'. Just substitute "break" with "exit".

Control flow statements are allowed in an EXCEPT block. Come to think of it, didn't we have another TRY/FINALLY/EXCEPT nesting issue that might have something to do with that?

Are they not allowed in a finally clause?

Control flow statements are allowed in an EXCEPT block. Come to think of it, didn't we have another TRY/FINALLY/EXCEPT nesting issue that might have something to do with that?

If the above is true then this confuses me. Except should run before finally, so if you use flow control in an except block then the finally clause "shouldn't" run.

Cheers,
R0b0t1

Slightly embarrassing, but I forgot some of the details because I put this on the backburner for a few weeks. The Exit wasn't inside a "finally" section, but inside the "try" part - however, the entire block was in an "except" section.

I'll double check that Exit is not allowed in the finally segment. Apologies!

Gareth aka. Kit

On Sat 14/07/18 21:58 , Sven Barth via fpc-devel sent:

R0b0t1 schrieb am Sa., 14. Juli 2018, 21:11:

A "finally"-block is supposed to be executed no matter which way the "try"-part is left: normally, with an exception or by using exit ("goto"-statements with a target outside the block are not allowed).

Regards,
Sven