From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-08-16T02:31:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19807] Re: Exception handling bug?

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

> ale@crimson.propagation.net writes:
> 
> > Didn't post this to the bug database, as I'm not completely sure this is a
> > bug. But let's see what you think about it.
> 
> I'm betting you don't have a post listening on echo (7).
> 
> Try a netstat -at | grep LISTEN
> 
> You program isn't hanging - it's looping because the TCPSocket.new
> call is throwing an exception. In the 'working' case, this exception
> is being passed to to the top level program, where you're ignoring it
> an exiting. In the 'hanging' case, it's being ignored in the low level
> routine, and you're looping calling it.

... and to followup my own post, the unqualified rescue clause is also
swallowing the timeout.


Dave