[GROOVY-1876] try-finally does not always executes the finally block when used in methods with return values

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0, 1.1-beta-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
• Environment: Ubuntu Linux 6.10, Java SE 6, Groovy 1.1 Beta 1
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Stefan Saring
• Created: 05/May/07 01:54
• Updated: 02/Jul/07 08:24
• Resolved: 02/Jul/07 08:24

Description

When using a try-finally block in methods with return values then the finally block will not always be executed.
Here's a script which demonstrates the problem:

boolean foo () {
try

{ println "try" // only when next line is removed then the finally-block will be executed if (0 == 1) return false return true }

finally

{ println "finally" }

}

foo ()

Output after starting: eddie@saringnb:~$ groovy test.groovy
try

Finally will only be executed when removing the line " if (0 == 1) return false".

I've reported a similar problem for Groovy 1.0 (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-1663), probably it was not solved completely.

BTW: Is there a planning for a bugfix release (e.g. 1.0.1) without new features which just removes these critical bugs? Would be important for production usage.

Thanks in advance,
Stefan