From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2012-06-11T20:30:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Thread#kill is not rescued by "rescue Exception"

2012/6/7 Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>:
> ret = rb_protect(function, Qnil, &error_tag);
>
>  /*
>   * If an exception occurs while in function() it can be due:
>   *
>   * - An Exception (including SystemExit), this is "rescue-able" via
> "rescue Exception"
>   *   and will run the "ensure" code if present. In this case
> rb_errinfo() gets the
>   *   exact Exception object.
>   *
>   * - A Thread#kill. This is NOT "rescue-able" via "rescue Exception"
> but it WILL run
>   *   the "ensure" code if present. In this case rb_errinfo() returns
> FIXNUM 8 (it maybe
>   *   different, no idea).


In order to re-check this possible "issue", I've reported it in Ruby tracker:

http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6575


-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>