Could you not finally?

Do you know of any way to skip the execution of a finally block?

function fn(){
    try{
        return 1;
    }finally{
        console.log(2);
    }
}
fn();
// Logs 2
// Returns 1

A bit more bizarre example would be if you use return in finally:

function fn(){
    try{
        return 1;
    }finally{
        return 2;
    }
}
fn(); // 2

It seems like finally cannot be stopped!

Comments

[Meghan (she/her)]

The point of finally is to run after a try...catch block no matter what happens. From the MDN

Note that the finally clause executes regardless of whether or not an exception is thrown. Also, if an exception is thrown, the statements in the finally clause execute even if no catch clause handles the exception. You can use the finally clause to make your script fail gracefully when an exception occurs; for example, to do general cleanup, you may need to release a resource that your script has tied up.

[Valentin Baca]

Short of killing the process, calling another function within try{..}, or doing a while(true) within try{...}, the finally block will execute, period.