From: bdezonia@...
Date: 2009-04-23T02:05:07+09:00
Subject: rb_raise problem in C extension

I am using Ruby 1.8.6-26 from the One Click Installer on Windows. I
have a C extension that tries to calloc() memory. If the calloc()
fails I call rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError,"Cannot allocate data"). My
program is getting stuck in this code. Debugging (unfortunately via
print statements) I can see that rb_raise() is going to be called.
After that the exception is never caught by the outermost rescue loop.
The program just stops doing anything (0% cpu) except it keeps
updating a timer in another thread. Are there things I need to know
about rb_raise() and how to use it?