From: hanmac@... Date: 2018-04-13T05:46:06+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:86540] [Ruby trunk Bug#14685] IRB doesn't print exception cause Issue #14685 has been updated by Hanmac (Hans Mackowiak). i tested it with multiple ruby versions, both irb and ruby, because i wanted to see what happen irb doesn't print the cause, but ruby itself doesn't do too. should that be done in ruby itself too? (and maybe a way to disable that?) ---------------------------------------- Bug #14685: IRB doesn't print exception cause https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14685#change-71478 * Author: RubyBugs (A Nonymous) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.3.4p301 (2017-03-30 revision 58214) [x86_64-darwin15 * Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- # Summary IRB doesn't print `Exception#cause`. Because IRB also doesn't offer access to raised exceptions (see https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14684), in effect this make the `#cause` of exceptions inaccessible without extra work and tooling at the console ## Details Consider the following IRB session: ~~~ ruby def method_raises_exception_with_cause 1/0 rescue StandardError => e raise "An exception with a cause" end method_raises_exception_with_cause #RuntimeError: An exception with a cause # from (irb):4:in `rescue in method_raises_exception_with_cause' # from (irb):2:in `method_raises_exception_with_cause' # from (irb):7 # from /Users/marcsiegel/.rubies/ruby-2.3.4/bin/irb:11:in `
' ~~~ ### Expected In order to work with the `#cause` feature in recent Rubies, which is generally accepted Ruby practice today, we expect to see the `#cause` printed at the console. In fact, we would expect it to be recursively printed if there were a series of linked causes. For example: ~~~ ruby method_raises_exception_with_cause # One could imagine seeing printed from IRB: #RuntimeError: An exception with a cause # from (irb):4:in `rescue in method_raises_exception_with_cause' # from (irb):2:in `method_raises_exception_with_cause' # from (irb):7 # from /Users/marcsiegel/.rubies/ruby-2.3.4/bin/irb:11:in `
' #Caused by: ZeroDivisionError: divided by 0 # from (irb):3:in `/' # from (irb):2:in `method_raises_exception_with_cause' # from (irb):7 # from /Users/marcsiegel/.rubies/ruby-2.3.4/bin/irb:11:in `
' ~~~ ### Discussion Ruby nested exceptions via `#cause` are a stable and accepted part of the Ruby landscape. All major Ruby tooling we are aware of, including production services such as BugSnag and AirBrake, as well as IDEs such as RubyMine, support the `#cause` mechanism for conveying nested exception contexts. It is surprising that IRB does not. Would this be a big challenge to change? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: