From: "Mon_Ouie (Mon ouïe)" Date: 2013-02-24T21:30:15+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:52813] [ruby-trunk - Bug #7940][Open] Mistaken use of inline rescues in stdlib Issue #7940 has been reported by Mon_Ouie (Mon ou��e). ---------------------------------------- Bug #7940: Mistaken use of inline rescues in stdlib https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7940 Author: Mon_Ouie (Mon ou��e) Status: Open Priority: Low Assignee: Category: lib Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p392 (2013-02-22 revision 39386) [x86_64-linux] Hey, There are two uses of inline rescues in stdlib that look dubious. They are unlikely to ever cause any harm, but still. They've been there for a while now, and are still in trunk. I attached a patch that changes both of them. In cgi/session.rb: def delete File::unlink @path+".lock" rescue nil File::unlink @path+".new" rescue nil File::unlink @path rescue Errno::ENOENT end The ``rescue`` part should be on the next line (this has been introduced in a commit that changed indentation). In scanf.rb:660: seek(start_position + matched_so_far, IO::SEEK_SET) rescue Errno::ESPIPE was more likely meant to just silence Errno::ESPIPE exceptions. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/