haven't tried it yet and thought i'd ask in case anyone already tried, but what happens in a try/catch/finally if you rethrow the exception in the catch? will the finally code execute or be skipped? assuming skipped, but again haven't actually tried

Finally always runs.

in the scenario above, WHEN would it run, before the rethrow, after, or 'simultaneously'?

In fact, I'll often do this when I just need it for cleanup

var jFile = someJavaFileThatNeedsClosed();
try {
  jFile.doSomethingThatMayError();
} finally {
  jFile.close();
}

let me create an example on trycf, sec

WHEN would it run

after your catch runs, but before the actual exception is re-raised

run this, then run it again uncommenting the rethrow: https://trycf.com/gist/166d8f3b30cab4794ba61ac81fa38c47/lucee5?theme=monokai

Why are you telling me to run it, I'm the one who already knows how it works 🙂

i see it now

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so it executes before the rethrow

Correct

of course. thanks