From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-07-16T01:32:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Hiding app.run in begin-rescue block: pros & cons?

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Richard Lionheart wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I apologize for not testing the two approaches myself before posting the
> question.  My take on this now is:
>
> Use begin-rescue when code is released for production,  because it prevents
> a "blizzard" of trace-back messages which would dismay users.
>
> Use plain app.run when in development mode,  because the trace-back is
> generally helpful.
>
> Anyone have other ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Richard


require 'logger'


logger = Logger.new STDOUT

....
....


begin
   app.run
rescue Exception => e
   logger.debug{ e }
   logger.fatal{ 'application failed' }
end


print stack trace only when debugging, give users the ability to turn
debugging on with a command line switch.

-a
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