From: Xiangrong Fang <xrfang@...>
Date: 2003-08-16T14:34:21+09:00
Subject: Re: rescue exception

Thank you Austin.

Shannon

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:55:15 +0900
Austin Ziegler <austin@halostatue.ca> wrote:

> 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
> --
> austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
> software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.08.16
>                                          * 00.54.00
> 
> 
> 

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Xiangrong Fang <xrfang@hotmail.com>