From: "Bennett, Patrick" <Patrick.Bennett@...>
Date: 2003-11-14T01:10:45+09:00
Subject: Problem with exception class and instance vars

I'm having problems with my Ruby module.
The instance variables I'm setting in a custom exception class don't
appear to be getting set.
What am I doing wrong?

Declaration code:
    EventExceptionKlass = rb_define_class("EventException",
rb_eStandardError);
    rb_define_method(EventExceptionKlass, "event",
VALUEFUNC(EventExcepGetEvent), 0);	// just calls return
rb_iv_get(self,"@event")
    rb_define_method(EventExceptionKlass, "msg",
VALUEFUNC(EventExcepGetMessage), 0);	// just calls return
rb_iv_get(self,"@msg")

Code where exception is raised.

  catch (const RecoCommonLib::EventException& ex)
  {
      VALUE throwex = rb_exc_new2( EventExceptionKlass, ex.what());
      rb_iv_set(throwex, "@event", rb_str_new2( [pointer to some
string]) );
      rb_iv_set(throwex, "@msg", rb_str_new2( [pointer to another
string])) );

      rb_exc_raise(throwex);
  }

When I catch the Ruby "EventException" class in a rescue class (which
happens correctly) then 'event' and 'msg' are always nil (if I test
them).
...
rescue EventException => ex
    puts "Event:#{ex.event} Msg:#{ex.msg} Exception:#{ex}"
end