DIP65: Fixing Exception Handling Syntax

[Brian Schott via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 at 20:11:46 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> What the parser can do is do a lookahead on the ( ) to see if 
> it matches the 'BasicType Identifier' grammar. 
> Parser::isDeclaration() can be pressed into service to do that. 
> This should resolve the issue without breaking code.

There are 25 instances of code that does not follow the 
"BasicType Identifier" syntax for CatchParameter in Phobos alone.

std/exception.d:126:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:132:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:138:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:144:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:153:        catch (AssertError) thrown = true;
std/exception.d:164:        catch (AssertError) thrown = true;
std/exception.d:175:        catch (AssertError) thrown = true;
std/exception.d:187:        catch (AssertError) thrown = true;
std/exception.d:218:    catch (T)
std/exception.d:247:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:261:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/exception.d:269:    catch (AssertError) assert(0);
std/socket.d:1406:        catch (SocketException)
std/conv.d:1509:        catch (E)
std/format.d:2359:        catch (UTFException)
std/stream.d:1382:    catch (Throwable)
std/stream.d:1419:    catch (Throwable)
std/array.d:2768:    catch (Exception) assert(0);
std/array.d:2781:    catch (Exception) assert(0);
std/array.d:2844:        catch (Exception) assert(0);
std/array.d:2858:        catch (Exception) assert(0);
std/array.d:3085:    catch (Exception) assert(0);
std/range.d:5107:        } catch (Throwable) { /* It's supposed 
to throw.*/ }
std/range.d:5402:    } catch (Exception) {}
std/range.d:9007:    catch (Throwable)