scope() statements and return

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/5/2014 10:09 AM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Sunday, 5 October 2014 at 17:03:07 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 10/5/14, 9:42 AM, Dicebot wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 5 October 2014 at 16:30:47 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>>>> Does D have exception chaining?
>>>
>>> Yes. http://dlang.org/phobos/object.html#.Throwable.next
>>> Though it seems to do more harm then good so far.
>>
>> What harm does it do? -- Andrei
>
> Good chunk of issues with pre-allocated exceptions (and possible cycles in
> reference counted ones) comes from the chanining possibility. At the same time I
> have yet to see it actively used as a feature.
>
> Doesn't mean it is bad thing, just not used wide enough to compensate for
> trouble right now.

FWIW, I'm skeptical as well of the value of chaining relative to its cost in 
complexity.