From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-07-09T10:07:41+09:00
Subject: set_trace_func and exceptions


There seem to be two problems with set_trace_func (or things I don't 
understand):

1. The following program does not print "done". It does not raise an 
exception. It *does* set the program's return code to false.

   set_trace_func proc { ||  }
   puts "done"

It's not a correct program, but I expected an ArgumentError, rather than 
a silent exit.

2. The following program does not print the exception or "done". It does 
not raise an exception to the top level. It *does* set the program's 
return code to false.

   set_trace_func proc { |event, file, line, id, binding, classname|
     raise "foobar"
   }

   begin
     x = 1
   rescue => ex
     p ex
   end

   puts "done"

Is it impossible to safely raise an exception inside of a trace func?

This is in ruby 1.8.4 and 1.8.6.

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