[ruby-core:104323] [Ruby master Bug#14479] Exceptions raised from a :call tracepoint can sometimes be "rescued" inside the method

Issue #14479 has been updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans).


This is still an issue in the master branch.  I've submitted a pull request that should fix the problem: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/4578

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Bug #14479: Exceptions raised from a :call tracepoint can sometimes be "rescued" inside the method
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14479#change-92545

* Author: dazuma (Daniel Azuma)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* ruby -v: ruby 2.5.0p0 (2017-12-25 revision 61468) [x86_64-linux]
* Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN
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This is a Ruby 2.5 regression.

If you raise an exception from a :call tracepoint, it can, in certain circumstances, be caught by a rescue block inside the called method. Here is an illustration:

####
def foo
  begin
    puts "hi"
  rescue => e
    puts "In rescue"
  end
end

TracePoint.trace :call do |tp|
  raise "kaboom" if tp.method_id == :foo
end

foo
####

In Ruby 2.4.3, this results in the exception as expected.
In Ruby 2.5.0, this results in "in rescue" being printed to the console. The rescue block inside method "foo" is catching the exception.

This is highly dependent on the positioning of the rescue block in the method, and may be related to which bytecode is flagged with the trace flag. For example, the following method "foo" raises the exception in Ruby 2.5.0:

####
def foo
  puts "hi"
  begin
    puts "hi"
  rescue => e
    puts "In rescue"
  end
end
####

Here are three more interesting variants that should be considered:

####
def foo
  if true
    begin
      puts "hi"
    rescue => e
      puts "In rescue"
    end
  end
end
####
Prints "in rescue"

####
def foo
  if false
    begin
      puts "hi"
    rescue => e
      puts "In rescue"
    end
  end
end
####
Raises the exception

####
def foo
  if false
    begin
      puts "hi"
    rescue => e
      puts "In rescue"
    end
  end
  1
end
####
Segfaults!





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