Returning from a finally block in Java

Question

I was surprised recently to find that it\'s possible to have a return statement in a finally block in Java.

It seems like lots of people think it\'s a bad thing to d

Answer 1

The examples you provided are reason enough to not use flow-control from finally.

Even if there's a contrived example where it's "better," consider the developer who has to maintain your code later and who might not be aware of the subtleties. That poor developer might even be you....