Bug #7430: 'unexpected return' occurs when call a Proc that returning value in rescue

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p286 (2012-10-12) [i386-mingw32]

[danilo.s.coelho (Danilo Coelho)]

p = Proc.new do
begin
1 / 0
rescue
return "error handled by proc"
end
end

p.call

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

This is the spec. To exit from Proc, use next instead of return.

p = Proc.new do
begin
1 / 0
rescue
next "error handled by proc"
end
end

p.call

You can use return to exit from lambda.

p = lambda do
begin
1 / 0
rescue
return "error handled by proc"
end
end

p.call

--
Yusuke Endoh [e-mail]

[danilo.s.coelho (Danilo Coelho)]

In fact, there is no problem with 'return' in 'rescue'.
My intention is to return after the Proc not continue execution. Like this:

def test
puts "start: test"
p = Proc.new do |date_str|
begin
require "time"
Time.parse(date_str)
puts "date #{date_str} is valid"
rescue Exception => e
return "error handled by proc: #{e}"
end
end

p.call("01/01/2012")
p.call("80/01/2012")
puts "finish: test"
end

test

But just does not work:

def validator
Proc.new do |date_str|
require "time"
begin
Time.parse(date_str)
puts "date #{date_str} is valid"
rescue Exception => e
return "error handled by proc: #{e}"
end
end
end

def test
puts "start: test"
v = validator
v.call("01/01/2012")
v.call("81/01/2012")
puts "finish: test"
end

test