From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-06-24T04:33:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Global Exception Rescue

On Jun 23, 2006, at 12:07 PM, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>     harp:~ > cat env.rb
>     STDIN.reopen(open(__FILE__))
>     at_exit do
>       e = $!
>       if e
>         require 'logger'
>         Logger.new(STDERR).fatal{ e }
>       end
>     end
>
>
>     harp:~ > cat a.rb
>     puts gets
>     raise 'foobar'
>
>
>     harp:~ > ruby -r env.rb a.rb
>     STDIN.reopen(open(__FILE__))
>     F, [2006-06-23T10:04:35.279359 #15389] FATAL -- : foobar  
> (RuntimeError)
>     a.rb:2
>     a.rb:2: foobar (RuntimeError)
>
>
> note that the original behaviour (dumping to STDERR) is also done.   
> if you
> don't want this add in
>
>   at_exit do
>     ...
>     exit!
>   end
>
> regards.
>
> -a

Can you explain why you have STDIN.reopen(open(__FILE__)) there?
It's really baffling me.  I can't figure out just what it's doing.
-Mat