irb/init.rb contains the following code:

def IRB.load_modules
for m in @CONF[:LOAD_MODULES]
begin
require m
rescue
print $@[0], ":", $!.class, ": ", $!, "\n"
end
end
end

Unfortunately, that rescue does not appear to catch LoadError, at least
on my system (ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-netbsdelf]).
Is it supposed to?

cjs
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On Dec 3, 11:41 pm, Curt Sampson <c...@cynic.net> wrote:
> irb/init.rb contains the following code:
>
> def IRB.load_modules
> for m in @CONF[:LOAD_MODULES]
> begin
> require m
> rescue
> print $@[0], ":", $!.class, ": ", $!, "\n"
> end
> end
> end
>
> Unfortunately, that rescue does not appear to catch LoadError, at least
> on my system (ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-netbsdelf]).
> Is it supposed to?
>
> cjs
> --
> Curt Sampson <c...@starling-software.com> +81 90 7737 2974
> Starling Software <office-ad...@starling-software.com>
> Mobile sites and software consulting:http://www.starling-software.com

I'm not sure of the intended behavior, but in 1.9 it has...

rescue # StandardError, ScriptError

....which makes me think that LoadError is intentionally not rescued.

I've put the following in my .ircrb...

def IRB.load_modules
errors = []
for m in @CONF[:LOAD_MODULES]
begin
require m
rescue # StandardError, ScriptError
print $@[0], ":", $!.class, ": ", $!, "\n"
rescue LoadError => e
errors << "\n*** #{e.message}"
end
end
puts "#{errors.join('')}\n\n" unless errors.empty?
end

Regards,
Jordan