I am trying to grok
rescue MySpecialError => ex
Does the
=>
have anything to do with hashes or is this syntax reserved for rescue
clauses?
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 20:42, Ralph S. [email protected] wrote:
rescue MySpecialError => ex
Does the
=>
have anything to do with hashes or is this syntax reserved for rescue
clauses?
It’s a fair question, since the “=>” is shared between the two. However,
if
this syntax were actually a hash, it would be getting passed to rescue()
as
a method, but ex would be seen as a local variable. Explicitly:
begin
raise StandardError
rescue({StandardError => e})
p e
end
NameError: undefined local variable or method `e’ for main:Object
or
begin
raise StandardError
rescue(StandardError => e)
p e
end
SyntaxError: (irb):8: syntax error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ‘)’
rescue(StandardError => e)
If Adam’s response only confused you further: yes, it’s a special
case, reserved for rescue clauses - it assigns the exception raised to
the ex variable.
– Matma R.
Monday, January 16, 2012, 11:51:05 AM, you wrote:
BD> If Adam’s response only confused you further: yes, it’s a special
BD> case, reserved for rescue clauses - it assigns the exception raised
to
BD> the ex variable.
BD> – Matma R.
Well, I’m guessing it caused him to scratch his head and prove to
himself (and me) that it was unrelated to hashes.
I thank you for the clearer answer that “It’s a special case.”
Anyone point out in the documentation where it says that or is it
something “you just have to know.”?
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 19:57, Ralph S. [email protected] wrote:
Well, I’m guessing it caused him to scratch his head and prove to himself
(and me) that it was unrelated to hashes.
It didn’t cause me to scratch my head, I just figure it’s always good to
have a simple demonstration of something in code whenever possible. 