// `onfail` — cleanup that runs only when an error LEAVES the enclosing block // (ERR step E1.7). Unlike `defer` (which runs on every exit), `onfail` fires // on an error exit — a `raise` or a propagating `try` — and is skipped on // success. On an error exit `defer` and `onfail` run interleaved in reverse // declaration order. `onfail e { … }` binds the in-flight error tag. // (Per-attempt-`try` gating and `or`-chain absorption refine this in E2.4b.) #import "modules/std.sx"; E :: error { Bad } inner :: (n: s32) -> !E { if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; } return; } // defer + onfail interleave on the error path; only defers on success. run :: (n: s32) -> !E { defer print("defer A\n"); onfail print("onfail B\n"); defer print("defer C\n"); try inner(n); // n<0 → propagates → onfail fires return; } // `onfail e` binds the tag. classify :: (n: s32) -> !E { onfail e { if e == error.Bad { print("cleanup: bad\n"); } } if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; } return; } main :: () -> s32 { print("[fail]\n"); a := run(-1); // error → defer C, onfail B, defer A print("[ok]\n"); b := run(7); // success → defer C, defer A (no onfail) print("[bound]\n"); c := classify(-1); // onfail binding sees Bad print("[done]\n"); return 0; }