From: Shane Liesegang <shane@...>
Date: 2007-09-01T01:35:54+09:00
Subject: Overriding Kernel#raise

I'm writing a C++ program that has a Ruby interpreter embedded in it.
I'd like to keep all Ruby-related exceptions contained within the Ruby
runtime so that I don't have to protect all my calls. Since native
objects can be subclassed by Ruby, you never know when a call is going
to result in the interpreter doing something.

To contain the exceptions, I've overridden Kernel#raise, like this:

module Kernel
  alias _raise raise

  def raise(*a)
    begin
      if a.size == 0
        _raise
      elsif a.size == 1
        _raise(a[0])
      else
        _raise(a[0], a[1])
      end
    rescue Exception => e
      $stderr.print e.class, ": ", e.message, "\n"
      $stderr.puts e.backtrace unless e.backtrace.nil?
    end
  end
end

I can't shake the feeling that this is *dirty* and that there must be a
better way to do things. Just hoping to get some feedback on both the
concept and implementation.
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