Mark Hubbart
4/20/2005 5:30:00 PM
On 4/20/05, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the latest version of RubyGems installed and I seem to be
> getting an unexpected error b/c of it:
>
> irb(main):001:0> begin
> irb(main):002:1* require 'carat/functor'
> irb(main):003:1> rescue
> irb(main):004:1> class Functor
> irb(main):005:2> def initialize(&func) ; @func = func ; end
> irb(main):006:2> def method_missing(op, *args) ; @func.call(op,
> *args) ; end
> irb(main):007:2> end
> irb(main):008:1> end
> LoadError: No such file to load -- carat/functor
> from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in
> `require__'
> from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
> from (irb):2
>
> Shouldn't the rescue clause be picked up?
Without rubygems:
begin
require "nonesuch"
rescue
puts "rescued!"
end
LoadError: No such file to load -- nonesuch
from (irb):2:in `require'
from (irb):2
you need to rescue LoadError:
require 'rubygems'
==>true
begin
require "nonesuch"
rescue LoadError
puts "rescued!"
end
rescued!
==>nil
cheers,
Mark