Bug #15448: Kernel#raise should not write "cause" attribute destructively

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

$ ./miniruby -e '
begin
  raise "foo"
rescue => e1
  begin
    raise "bar"
  rescue => e2
    raise e1, cause: e2
  end
end
'
Traceback (most recent call last):
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This is caused by circular "cause" chain:

begin
  raise "foo"
rescue => e1
  begin
    raise "bar"
  rescue => e2
    begin
      # Virtually `e1.cause = e2` which makes the cause chain circular
      raise e1, cause: e2
    rescue
      p $!                   #=> #<RuntimeError: foo>
      p $!.cause             #=> #<RuntimeError: bar>
      p $!.cause.cause       #=> #<RuntimeError: foo>
      p $!.cause.cause.cause #=> #<RuntimeError: bar>
      p $!.cause.cause.object_id == $!.object_id
    end
  end
end

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed