From: "Eric I." <rubytraining@...>
Date: 2008-11-26T12:05:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Begin else pattern question

On Nov 25, 8:02 pm, Mikel Lindsaar <raasd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why aren't the begin and end blocks needed?  Is it because it is already
> encapsulated within a method any way and if it hits rescue, the rescue block
> is terminated by the method end in any case?
>
> What I am trying to ask is "where did you learn when the begin and end are
> needed and when not?" :)

Hi Mikel,

It's in the reference section of the "pickaxe" book (in my edition
it's p. 346).

Basically there are three cases when you can use a rescue:

1. Directly within a begin/end block.
2. At the top-level of a method.
3. Attached to a single statement.

Hope that helps,

Eric

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