Feature #20669
Updated by olleolleolle (Olle Jonsson) 4 days ago
## Abstract Add a `Marshal::MarshalError` error class to be raised on failing to load data. ## Background Currently, `ArgumentError` is raised when failing to load data. Memcache client ## Proposal Add a `Marshal::MarshalError` error class to be raised on failing to load data. ## Use cases Dalli tries to differentiate errors that have to do with Marshal.load by pattern-matching on "message" in these ArgumentError instances. If there were a way to tell "this was Marshal.load failing", it'd be more robust. nice. Example: [a regular expression to check for a few of the ArgumentErrors that can be raised during Marshal.load](https://github.com/petergoldstein/dalli/blob/v3.2.8/lib/dalli/protocol/value_serializer.rb#L41). ## Proposal Discussion Add a `Marshal::MarshalError` error class to be raised on failing to load data. ... ## See also [Dalli PR where another error message would be added](https://github.com/petergoldstein/dalli/pull/1008)