[swift-users] cascaded do/catch bug?

[Marco S Hyman]

This macOS code in Xcode 8.3.3:

    if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: (saveFileURL.path)) {
        do {
1 ==>       try fileManager.linkItem(atPath: url.path, toPath: saveFileURL.path)
2 ==>   } catch {
            // couldn't create hard link, copy file instead
            do {
3 ==>           try fileManager.copyItem(at: url, to: saveFileURL)
            } catch let error as NSError {
                unexpected(error: error,
                           "Cannot copy \(url.path) to \(saveFileURL.path)\n\nReason: ")
                return false
            }
        }
    }
    return true


lldb tells me the code at 1 fails.  That was expected.  The app is sandboxed and the security bookmark code that gives access to the destination is in flux.  lldb says control transfers to 2 then falls into the do block containing 3.

The code at 3 fails for the same reason.  This is when the unexpected occurred.  lldb says that control transferred to 2 then to the end of the if statement where the function returns true.  The catch following the do containing the function “unexpected” is not entered.

Is that a bug?

As for why 1 uses path instead of URL an older version of the code had this note.

// linkItemAtURL fails trying to link foo.jpg_original to somedir/foo.jpg.