From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-02-13T05:23:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Rescuing blocks?

Dňa Nedeľa 12 Február 2006 20:39 Mark Volkmann napísal:
> On 2/12/06, Lou Vanek <vanek@acd.net> wrote:
> > this works,
> >
> > foo = [1, 2, 3]
> >
> > foo.each do |o|
> >         begin
> >           raise "Oh noes, it's number 2!" if o == 2
> >         rescue Exception => e
> >           puts e.to_s
> >         end
> > end
>
> Sure it works, but Daniel wants to reduce the syntax a bit AND exit
> the loop if an exception is raised without having to specify that. I
> like his suggestion.
>
> --
> R. Mark Volkmann
> Partner, Object Computing, Inc.

It would cause a little inconsistency with the curly brace form of blocks. 
Either the rescue clause would have to work only for the do / end form, or 
we'd be mixing braces and keywords in a single construct, which I couldn't 
bear to look at.

David Vallner