[GROOVY-6530] finally blocks do not always execute

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.1, 2.2.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0-rc-1
• Environment: Mavericks, JDK 1.7.0_12-ea
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joe Jordan
• Created: 22/Jan/14 02:19
• Updated: 28/Dec/14 06:44
• Resolved: 28/Dec/14 06:44

Description

finally blocks do not always run, e.g. when an exception is thrown from another nested finally block. I can confirm this issue in at least 2.2.2, 2.2.1, 2.0.5 and 1.8

/tmp$ cat finally.groovy
count = 0

def outer() {
    try {
        inner()
    } catch (Exception e) {
        println 'count is: ' + count
    }
}

def inner() {
    try {
        try {
            count = 1
        } finally {
            count = 2
            throw new RuntimeException('barf')
        }
    } finally {
        count = 3
    }
}

outer()
/tmp$ groovy-2.2.2/bin/groovy finally.groovy
count is: 2