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catching asserts inside a future body fails silently, but why?
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fails.clj
(future
(try
(println "inside future body")
(assert false) ;;
(catch Exception e
(println "error" (.getMessage e))))) ;; no error printed
(try ;; not in a future, but just normal
(println "inside future body")
(assert false) ;;
(catch Exception e
(println "error" (.getMessage e)))) ;; error printed
(future
(try
(println "inside future body")
(throw (ex-info "throwing" {}))
(catch Exception e
(println "error" (.getMessage e))))) ;; error printed
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