From: "Jörg W Mittag" <JoergWMittag+Usenet@...>
Date: 2009-06-30T05:35:06+09:00
Subject: Re: RDoc-style documentation for Ruby keywords

Yossef Mendelssohn wrote:
> On Jun 29, 2:35�pm, Rob Biedenharn <R...@AgileConsultingLLC.com>
> wrote:
>> Since its related to 'rescue', I'll point out that you can also use �
>> 'else' to indicate code that only gets executed if none of the rescue �
>> clauses are (i.e., there is no exception). This is, of course, not �
>> like 'ensure' with is executed regardless.
> Really? This is the first I've heard of this, and it seems kind of
> strange.
> 
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding the point of the 'else' clause, but
> wouldn't you put code that "only gets executed if none of the rescue
> clauses are (i.e., there is no exception)" in the main body of what
> you're adding rescues to? (viz. begin block, method definition)

Counterexample:

begin
  puts "According to your theory, this shouldn't be evaluated, "
  puts "but it will."
  raise RuntimeError
rescue
else
  puts "This, however, won't."
end

jwm