From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-08-16T13:55:15+09:00
Subject: Re: rescue exception

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:53:58 +0900, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
> I had a question about exception in ruby.

> In the following code:

> begin
>   # do something
> rescue
>   # error caught
> end

> The exception is NOT caught, but if I write:

> begin
>   # do something
> rescue Exception
>   # error caught
> end

> Error is caught. Could any one tell me if I ommit the Exception after
> rescue, what is it trying to rescue?

Descendants of StandardError, IIRC.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.08.16
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