Empty catch block disallowed

[heartsentwined]

This is compiling fine:

try
  foo
catch e
  bar
baz

However, this throws a syntax error:

try
  foo
catch e
  # do nothing
baz

Syntax error on line 9, column 1: unexpected 'b' (\u0062)
06 :   foo
07 : catch e
08 :   # do nothing
09 : baz
^^ :~^
10 : 

Is this a feature, or a bug?

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[heartsentwined]

Current workaround is to pass just about any "dummy" statement in the catch block:

try
  foo
catch e
  '' # do nothing
baz

try
  foo
catch e
  true # do nothing
baz

[michaelficarra]

It's a bug.

[heartsentwined]

@michaelficarra same happens to other structures too, e.g.

if condition
  # TODO - to be implemented
else 
  return false

would throw an error at the # TODO line