From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-07-20T23:55:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Does "rescue" wihtour argument handle any kind of Exception or not?

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stefano Crocco wrote:
>
>>> Exception
>>>  - StandardError
>>>    - RuntimeError
>>>    - ZeroDivisionError
>>>  - ScriptError
>>>    - SyntaxError
>>>  - SystemExit
>>>  - SignalException
>>>    - Interrupt
>
>>> begin
>>>        raise Interrupt
>>> rescue
>>>        puts "rescued !!!"
>>> end
>
>> For me, using ruby 1.8.7, patchlevel 22 on Gentoo Linux, your code works
>> as the article says, that is the exception is not being caught.
>
> Same with p22 on Ubuntu. (I think I compiled it, too.)
>
> Run p Interrupt.ancestors, and see if you get:
>
>  [Interrupt, SignalException, Exception, Object, Kernel]
>
> Also, put p $! into the rescue handler to see _what_ you rescued!
>
> --
>  Phlip
>
>


Did you not mean "the exception was caught" instead of "not being caught" ?
Robert