From: jim@...
Date: 2005-02-11T05:17:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Really confused about exceptions now

* Mark Probert <probertm@acm.org> [2005-02-11 04:56:09 +0900]:

> On top of the memory leak issue, I have been trying to track down unhandled 
> exceptions in my code.  I have run across a very strange behavior that I will 
> try and explain.
> 
> Problem(?) code (line numbers from bsn_a.rb)
> 
>   141  def alive?
>   142      t = TCPSocket.new(@host, @port)
>   143      return true
>   144      
>   145    rescue Errno::ETIMEDOUT
>   146        @exception = " Timed out (#{@host}:#{@port})"
# returns a String, which is true.
>   147    rescue SocketError => e
>   148        @exception = " Socket error - #{e}"
# returns a String, which is true.
>   149    rescue Exception => e
>   150      @exception = e
>   151      return false
>   152  end
 
Just a quick note, your exceptions are returning true.

-- 
Jim Freeze
Code Red. Code Ruby