From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-12-07T00:05:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: Can some briefly compare raise and throw for me? Thx!   <eo m>

>>>>> "c" == christopher j meisenzahl <christopher.j.meisenzahl@citicorp.com> writes:

c> Re: Newbie: Can some briefly compare raise and throw for me? Thx! 

 it's best when the text is in the body :-)))

 briefly


pigeon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
def tt
   throw :stop
end

catch(:stop) do
   tt
end
p "After"

catch(:stop) do
   Thread.new { tt }.join
end
p "After"
pigeon% 

pigeon% b.rb
"After"
./b.rb:3:in `throw': uncaught throw `stop' in thread 0x81083c8 (ThreadError)
        from ./b.rb:12:in `join'
        from ./b.rb:12
        from ./b.rb:11:in `catch'
        from ./b.rb:11
pigeon% 


pigeon% cat b.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby
def tt
   raise "stop"
end

tt rescue true
p "After"

Thread.new { tt }.join rescue true
p "After"
pigeon% 

pigeon% b.rb
"After"
"After"
pigeon% 




Guy Decoux