Handling exceptions raised in a Ruby thread

Question

I am looking for a solution of classic problem of exception handling. Consider following piece of code:

def foo(n)
  puts \" for #{n}\"
  sleep n
  raise \"a         


        

Answer 1

Postponed exceptions processing (Inspired by @Jason Ling)

class SafeThread < Thread

  def initialize(*args, &block)
    super(*args) do
      begin
        block.call
      rescue Exception => e
        @exception = e
      end
    end
  end

  def join
    raise_postponed_exception
    super
    raise_postponed_exception
  end

  def raise_postponed_exception
    Thread.current.raise @exception if @exception
  end

end


puts :start

begin
  thread = SafeThread.new do
    raise 'error from sub-thread'
  end

  puts 'do something heavy before joining other thread'
  sleep 1

  thread.join
rescue Exception => e
  puts "Caught: #{e}"
end

puts 'proper end'