From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-08-22T19:50:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Nesting exception

2008/8/22 Sijo Kg <sijo@maxxion.com>:
> I tried
>  begin
>  f=File.open('a')
>  rescue Exception => exception
>       if exception.message1 == 'No such file or directory - a'
>          puts ' in if part of rescue'
>       else
>         puts 'in else case'
>         rescue NoMethodError => e:
>                puts e.to_s
>        end
>  end
>       Above I purposefully changed exception.message to
> exception.message1.  If it was exception.message  and also
>    rescue NoMethodError => e:
>    puts e.to_s
> were absent I would get 'in if part of rescue'..So as everyone know
> exception.message1 doesnot exists. I would like to know how to handle
> that exception. Where to place that rescue(Am I right?)

First of all, you cannot use a symbol where you are using it as Hemant
already remarked.

Second, if you want to catch exceptions that occur during exception
handling you need to put a begin rescue end block inside the rescue
block.

robert


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