[chowells]

Ah, you're right. They do have observably different behavior. But I can't even close an open file handle after a break. That's still pretty miserable.

[dragonwriter]

> But I can't even close an open file handle after a break.

Yes, you can. That's what ensure (the Ruby equivalent of "finally") is for. Or, better using File.open with a block where you do the work, which uses ensure under the hood.

[HellzStormer]

Yes you can, you use a finally clause around your call to yield, as you would already do to handle possible exceptions happening in the block. So no extra consideration is needed.