--exception:goto switch for deterministic exception handling (#12977)

This implements "deterministic" exception handling for Nim based on goto instead of setjmp. This means raising an exception is much cheaper than in C++'s table based implementations. Supports hard realtime systems. Default for --gc:arc and the C target because it's generally a good idea and arc is all about deterministic behavior.

Note: This implies that fatal runtime traps are not catchable anymore! This needs to be documented.
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Andreas Rumpf 2020-01-01 10:01:49 +01:00 • committed by GitHub
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discard """
output: '''
msg1
msg2
finally2
finally1
begin
one iteration!
caught!
except1
finally1
caught! 2
BEFORE
FINALLY
BEFORE
EXCEPT
FINALLY
RECOVER
BEFORE
EXCEPT: IOError: hi
FINALLY
'''
cmd: "nim c --gc:arc --exceptions:goto $file"
"""
#bug 7204
proc nested_finally =
try:
raise newException(KeyError, "msg1")
except KeyError as ex:
echo ex.msg
try:
raise newException(ValueError, "msg2")
except:
echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
finally:
echo "finally2"
finally:
echo "finally1"
nested_finally()
proc doraise =
raise newException(ValueError, "gah")
proc main =
while true:
try:
echo "begin"
doraise()
finally:
echo "one ", "iteration!"
try:
main()
except:
echo "caught!"
when true:
proc p =
try:
raise newException(Exception, "Hello")
except:
echo "except1"
raise
finally:
echo "finally1"
try:
p()
except:
echo "caught! 2"
proc noException =
try:
echo "BEFORE"
except:
echo "EXCEPT"
raise
finally:
echo "FINALLY"
try: noException()
except: echo "RECOVER"
proc reraise_in_except =
try:
echo "BEFORE"
raise newException(IOError, "")
except IOError:
echo "EXCEPT"
raise
finally:
echo "FINALLY"
try: reraise_in_except()
except: echo "RECOVER"
proc return_in_except =
try:
echo "BEFORE"
raise newException(IOError, "hi")
except:
echo "EXCEPT: ", getCurrentException().name, ": ", getCurrentExceptionMsg()
return
finally:
echo "FINALLY"
try: return_in_except()
except: echo "RECOVER"

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discard """
cmd: "nim c --gc:arc --exceptions:goto $file"
output: '''
B1
B2
catch
A1
1
B1
B2
catch
A1
A2
0
B1
B2
A1
1
B1
B2
A1
A2
3
A
B
C
'''
"""
# More thorough test of return-in-finaly
var raiseEx = true
var returnA = true
var returnB = false
proc main: int =
try: #A
try: #B
if raiseEx:
raise newException(OSError, "")
return 3
finally: #B
echo "B1"
if returnB:
return 2
echo "B2"
except OSError: #A
echo "catch"
finally: #A
echo "A1"
if returnA:
return 1
echo "A2"
for x in [true, false]:
for y in [true, false]:
# echo "raiseEx: " & $x
# echo "returnA: " & $y
# echo "returnB: " & $z
# in the original test returnB was set to true too and
# this leads to swallowing the OSError exception. This is
# somewhat compatible with Python but it's non-sense, 'finally'
# should not be allowed to swallow exceptions. The goto based
# implementation does something sane so we don't "correct" its
# behavior just to be compatible with v1.
raiseEx = x
returnA = y
echo main()
# Various tests of return nested in double try/except statements
proc test1() =
defer: echo "A"
try:
raise newException(OSError, "Problem")
except OSError:
return
test1()
proc test2() =
defer: echo "B"
try:
return
except OSError:
discard
test2()
proc test3() =
try:
try:
raise newException(OSError, "Problem")
except OSError:
return
finally:
echo "C"
test3()

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discard """
cmd: "nim c --gc:arc --exceptions:goto $file"
outputsub: "Error: unhandled exception: Problem [OSError]"
exitcode: "1"
"""
raise newException(OSError, "Problem")