is it okay to throw exceptions in a `synchronized`...

# getting-started

[y]

is it okay to throw exceptions in a synchronized block?

[ephemient]

if it makes sense to

[y]

as in, it's safe: no hidden gotchas to be aware of

[ephemient]

it's basically

try {
    MONITORENTER
    block()
} finally {
    MONITOREXIT
}

(you can't write those bytecode instructions in pure Kotlin but the compiler can)

[y]

oh. yeah that's as clear as I can hope for, as a person who knows basically nothing about the jvm.

[Joffrey]

In such constructs, the finally block always executes, whether the try block completed normally or threw an exception. You can read about try-catch-finally constructs in this section of the Java documentation:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/handling.html

And more specifically about `finally`:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/finally.html