Enforce the standard order of try elements

NEWS

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Changes from 0.12.1
    * `defreader` has been renamed to `defsharp`; what were previously called
      "reader macros", which were never true reader macros, are now called
      "sharp macros"
+   * `try` now enforces the usual Python order for its elements (`else` must
+     follow all `except`s, and `finally` must come last). This is only a
+     syntactic change; the elements were already run in Python order even when
+     defined out of order.
    * Importing or executing a Hy file automatically byte-compiles it, or loads
      a byte-compiled version if it exists and is up to date. This brings big
      speed boosts, even for one-liners, because Hy no longer needs to recompile

hy/compiler.py

@@ -793,30 +793,29 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
 
         body = body.stmts
 
-        orelse = []
+        if not all(expr):
-        finalbody = []
+            raise HyTypeError(expr, "Empty list not allowed in `try'")
-        handlers = []
         handler_results = Result()
-
+        handlers = []
-        for e in expr:
+        while expr and expr[0][0] == HySymbol("except"):
-            if not len(e):
+            handler_results += self._compile_catch_expression(expr.pop(0),
-                raise HyTypeError(e, "Empty list not allowed in `try'")
+                                                              name)
-
+            handlers.append(handler_results.stmts.pop())
-            if e[0] == HySymbol("except"):
+        orelse = []
-                handler_results += self._compile_catch_expression(e, name)
+        if expr and expr[0][0] == HySymbol("else"):
-                handlers.append(handler_results.stmts.pop())
+            orelse = self.try_except_helper(expr.pop(0), HySymbol("else"))
-            elif e[0] == HySymbol("else"):
+        finalbody = []
-                orelse = self.try_except_helper(e, HySymbol("else"), orelse)
+        if expr and expr[0][0] == HySymbol("finally"):
-            elif e[0] == HySymbol("finally"):
+            finalbody = self.try_except_helper(expr.pop(0), HySymbol("finally"))
-                finalbody = self.try_except_helper(e, HySymbol("finally"),
+        if expr:
-                                                   finalbody)
+            if expr[0][0] in ("except", "else", "finally"):
-            else:
+                raise HyTypeError(expr, "Incorrect order of `except'/`else'/`finally' in `try'")
-                raise HyTypeError(e, "Unknown expression in `try'")
+            raise HyTypeError(expr, "Unknown expression in `try'")
 
         # Using (else) without (except) is verboten!
         if orelse and not handlers:
             raise HyTypeError(
-                e,
+                expr,
                 "`try' cannot have `else' without `except'")
 
         # (try) or (try BODY)
@@ -868,16 +867,10 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
             body=body,
             orelse=orelse) + returnable
 
-    def try_except_helper(self, hy_obj, symbol, accumulated):
+    def try_except_helper(self, hy_obj, symbol):
-        if accumulated:
+        x = self._compile_branch(hy_obj[1:])
-            raise HyTypeError(
+        x += x.expr_as_stmt()
-                hy_obj,
+        return x.stmts
-                "`try' cannot have more than one `%s'" % symbol)
-        else:
-            accumulated = self._compile_branch(hy_obj[1:])
-            accumulated += accumulated.expr_as_stmt()
-            accumulated = accumulated.stmts
-        return accumulated
 
     @builds("except")
     def magic_internal_form(self, expr):

tests/compilers/test_ast.py

@@ -116,12 +116,11 @@ def test_ast_good_try():
     can_compile("(try)")
     can_compile("(try 1)")
     can_compile("(try 1 (except) (else 1))")
-    can_compile("(try 1 (else 1) (except))")
-    can_compile("(try 1 (finally 1) (except))")
     can_compile("(try 1 (finally 1))")
     can_compile("(try 1 (except) (finally 1))")
-    can_compile("(try 1 (except) (finally 1) (else 1))")
+    can_compile("(try 1 (except [x]) (except [y]) (finally 1))")
     can_compile("(try 1 (except) (else 1) (finally 1))")
+    can_compile("(try 1 (except [x]) (except [y]) (else 1) (finally 1))")
 
 
 def test_ast_bad_try():
@@ -130,6 +129,9 @@ def test_ast_bad_try():
     cant_compile("(try 1 bla bla)")
     cant_compile("(try (do) (else 1) (else 2))")
     cant_compile("(try 1 (else 1))")
+    cant_compile("(try 1 (else 1) (except))")
+    cant_compile("(try 1 (finally 1) (except))")
+    cant_compile("(try 1 (except) (finally 1) (else 1))")
 
 
 def test_ast_good_except():