#8886: sync-all: END actions result in confusing error message -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: fw | Owner: hvr Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Trac & Git | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: sync-all Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) Type of failure: | Blocked By: None/Unknown | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment (by fw): Replying to [comment:7 thomie]:
Ok, you're right that changing the directory is not needed.
But one thing I don't understand: why are those checks in the `END` block, if not for running even on an error. Wouldn't they be better placed straight in the main function then?
Probably, I don't understand they way the script is written. I have seen some Perl in my day, and this usage of `BEGIN` (for argument parsing, of all) and `END` blocks seemed highly suspect to me. I didn't want to audit the code for any forms of non-local control flow, so I put in just the exception check as a minimal, less risky change. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8886#comment:8 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler