From: Ryan Pavlik <rpav@...>
Date: 2003-11-04T08:55:19+09:00
Subject: Re: exceptions

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:49:48 +0900
Simon Kitching <simon@ecnetwork.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm puzzled about how to associate custom information with an Exception
> class I am throwing.
> 
> In Java, I would do this
> 
>   MyException e = new MyException("foo", "bar", "baz");
>   e.doSomething();
>   e.setWidget(widget);
>   // now e is all set up, so throw it
>   throw e;
> 
> Can this sort of thing be done in Ruby??

Yes, just subclass Exception and treat it like a normal class (since
it is a normal class).  I use this as some evil magic to implement a
few things.

-- 
Ryan Pavlik <rpav@mephle.com>

"Yeah, I mean what're the odds of those two brain cells bumping into
 each other admist all that emptiness?" - 8BT