From: Clifford Heath <no@...>
Date: 2008-01-09T10:24:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Execution stops once exception is fired

Mauricio Gonzales wrote:
> I am using ruby and watir to test my web application.
> The problem is that the ruby script stops the execution each time that
> raises an error. Is there any way by which i can continue execution of
> the script even after firing exceptions. Here i left some code to
> explain the situation
> 
> object = Test.new("","")
> begin
>   object.method1()
>   object.method2() ->here I put an exception intentionally
>   object.method3()
> rescue => e
>   puts e
> end
> 
> and never executes the method3()

That's the way it's meant to work, it's just what exceptions are,
non-local "goto"s to a handler. If you want method3 always to be
called, put it in a "finally" clause.

Clifford Heath.