cfscript try/catch in CF8

[jsmcmullen]

I am having an issue in CF8 that I did not see in earlier versions. Consider this code inside a function in a CFC:

<cfscript>
var err1 = 0;
try {
some code here;
} catch (Any err1) {
some code here;
}
</cfscript>

In CF8, I am getting the error "Cannot declare local variable err1 twice" when I try to instantiate the CFC. Of course, I get no error if I get rid of the var err1 = 0 line, but is this thread-safe? (Changing the variable declaration to "var err1 = structtNew() doesn't work either.)

[Newsgroup_User]

jsmcmullen wrote:
> In CF8, I am getting the error "Cannot declare local variable err1 twice" when

if you believe the error message cf8's handling the err1 var as local for you.

[jsmcmullen]

Well, that's just it. Can I trust that CF8 is handling it as local for me? Does anyone know?

[Newsgroup_User]

jsmcmullen wrote:
> Well, that's just it. Can I trust that CF8 is handling it as local for me? Does anyone know?

cf's telling you that it is. i was being facetious about trusting the error message.

[jsmcmullen]

Okay, that's cool. Thanks.

(I never understood why you have to pass in an error variable there anyway. You don't have to in the cfcatch tag -- only in the cfscript -- and it isn't a variable that you actually populate beforehand.)

[Newsgroup_User]

jsmcmullen wrote:
> (I never understood why you have to pass in an error variable there anyway.
> You don't have to in the cfcatch tag -- only in the cfscript -- and it isn't a
> variable that you actually populate beforehand.)

i imagine for you to control & it's not like cfcatch where the var is already
reserved (cfcatch struct).