- Inheritance
- < StandardError < Exception < Object
Descendents of class Exception are used to communicate between raise methods and rescue statements in begin/end blocks. Exception objects carry information about the exception—its type (the exception‘s class name), an optional descriptive string, and optional traceback information. Programs may subclass Exception to add additional information.
Classes & Modules
Methods
Class
| Visibility | Signature |
|---|---|
| public | new (...) |
Instance
| Visibility | Signature |
|---|---|
| public | name () |
| public | to_s () |
Class Method Detail
NameError.new(msg [, name]) => name_error
Construct a new NameError exception. If given the name parameter may subsequently be examined using the NameError.name method.
Instance Method Detail
name_error.name => string or nil
name_error.to_s => string
Produce a nicely-formated string representing the NameError.