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raise

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raise(...) public

Raises an exception (see Kernel::raise) from thr. The caller does not have to be thr.

   Thread.abort_on_exception = true
   a = Thread.new { sleep(200) }
   a.raise("Gotcha")

produces:

   prog.rb:3: Gotcha (RuntimeError)
    from prog.rb:2:in `initialize'
    from prog.rb:2:in `new'
    from prog.rb:2

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     thr.raise(exception)
 *  
 *  Raises an exception (see <code>Kernel::raise</code>) from <i>thr</i>. The
 *  caller does not have to be <i>thr</i>.
 *     
 *     Thread.abort_on_exception = true
 *     a = Thread.new { sleep(200) }
 *     a.raise("Gotcha")
 *     
 *  <em>produces:</em>
 *     
 *     prog.rb:3: Gotcha (RuntimeError)
 *      from prog.rb:2:in `initialize'
 *      from prog.rb:2:in `new'
 *      from prog.rb:2
 */

static VALUE
rb_thread_raise_m(argc, argv, thread)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
    VALUE thread;
{
    rb_thread_t th = rb_thread_check(thread);

    if (ruby_safe_level > th->safe) {
        rb_secure(4);
    }
    rb_thread_raise(argc, argv, th);
    return Qnil;                /* not reached */
}

raise

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