fsharp / fsharp/fslang-suggestions

Bindings in catch/finally blocks of computation expressions

Open
#853 2 comments 19 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
approved-in-principle area: computation-expressions
Dominant language
No language data
Stars
373
Forks
21
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

I propose we add support for bindings in catch/finally blocks of computations expressions, eg.:

```fsharp
let doWork () = task {
try
return! doSomething ()
finally
do! doSomethingElse() // this is not supported by the compiler right now
}
```

Another related problem is that there's no equivalent of C# `await using` and in current state of the compiler it's impossible to create non-blocking one by yourself, as `IAsyncDisposable` would require bind in a finally block (see above).

## Affidavit (please submit!)

Please tick this by placing a cross in the box:
* [x] This is not a question (e.g. like one you might ask on [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com)) and I have searched stackoverflow for discussions of this issue
* [x] I have [searched both open and closed suggestions on this site](http://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues) and believe this is not a duplicate
* [x] This is not something which has obviously "already been decided" in previous versions of F#. If you're questioning a fundamental design decision that has obviously already been taken (e.g. "Make F# untyped") then please don't submit it.

Please tick all that apply:
* [x] This is not a breaking change to the F# language design
* [x] I or my company would be willing to help implement and/or test this with a help of a mentor.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Research direction

No implementation files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the proposed computation-expression behavior and related compiler design constraints; done would require an agreed design and support for bindings in catch/finally blocks, including the IAsyncDisposable use case.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
fsharp
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.