From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-11-24T16:02:58+09:00
Subject: Re: A code snippet: Controlled retry


On Nov 23, 2003, at 22:11, Hal Fulton wrote:

>   def try(quiet=true,times=5,secs=1,&block)
>     count = 0
>     catch :finished do
>       begin
>         block.call
>       rescue => err
>         puts "Error was: #{err}" if not quiet
>         count += 1
>         throw :finished if count > times
>         sleep secs
>         retry
>       end
>     end
>   end


   def try(quiet=true,times=5,secs=1,&block)
     return unless block
     times.times do
       begin
         return block.call
       rescue => err
         puts "Error was: #{err}" unless quiet
         sleep secs
       end
     end
   end


Sincerely,
Gennady Bystritsky