From: Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2013-04-29T04:11:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:54675] Re: [CommonRuby - Feature #8257][Open] Exception#cause to carry originating exception along with new one

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:09 PM, SASADA Koichi <ko1@atdot.net> wrote:
> Summary:
> (1) raise method captures $! as @cause.
> (2) Adding new method Exception#cause returns @cause.
>
> * I'm not sure #cause is good name.
>   Too short?

It seems ok to me, since Java's Throwable uses the same name (but I am
perhaps a bit biased.

.NET's Exception calls it the BaseException, via GetBaseException. I
think "base" or "base_exception" not as good as "cause".

I guess the next step is a patch.

- Charlie