Re: [Pyobjc-dev] ObjC exceptions, Python exceptions, the event loop

[Just v. R. <ju...@le...>]

Just van Rossum wrote:

> bb...@ma... wrote:
> 
> > I don't believe NSApplicationMain() ever returns in any
> > circumstances. It calls exit() directly.
> > 
> > NSApplicationMain's declaration is a big lie.  It ignores its
> > inbound arguments and the outbound arguments.
> > 
> > At least, I think it exit()s directly.
> 
> Ah, as it now turns out: it indeed _doesn't_ return, yet you can
> succesfully wrap it in an NS_HANDLER/NS_ETC. construct.

It's extremely rude what NSApplicationMain does, a finally clause as
below will _only_ be called if there was an exception:

    try:
        sys.exit(AppKit.NSApplicationMain(sys.argv))
    finally:
        print "XXX exiting!"

Blech! One for the phrase book...

Just