// Go's defer in Rust, with error value return. use std::rc::Rc; use std::sync::RwLock; struct Defer { f: F } impl Drop for Defer { fn drop(&mut self) { (self.f)() } } // Only added this for Go-syntax familiarity ;-) fn defer(f: F) -> Defer { Defer { f } } // Convenience type synonym. This is a reference-counted smart pointer to // a shareable, mutable variable. // Rust does not allow willy-nilly mutation of shared variables, so explicit // write-locking must be performed. type ErrorHandle = Rc>>; /////////////////// // Usage example // /////////////////// #[derive(Debug)] // Debug trait for some default way to print the type. enum Error { DropError } fn main() { // Create a place to store the error. let drop_err: ErrorHandle = Default::default(); // create empty error // Introduce an arbitrary scope block (so that we still have control after // the defer runs): { let mut i = 1; // Rc types are safe to clone and share for multiple ownership. let err_handle = drop_err.clone(); // Call defer and let the closure own the cloned handle to the error: let token = defer(move || { // do something! println!("Value is: {}", i); // ... oh no, it went wrong! *err_handle.write().unwrap() = Some(Error::DropError); }); i += 1; println!("Value is: {}", i); // token goes out of scope here - drop() is called. } match *drop_err.read().unwrap() { Some(ref err) => println!("Oh no, an error occured: {:?}!", err), None => println!("Phew, everything went well.") }; } // Prints: // Value is: 2 // Value is: 1 // Oh no, an error occured: DropError!