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to_s

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to_s() public

Returns exception’s message (or the name of the exception if no message is set).

/*
 * call-seq:
 *   exception.to_s   =>  string
 *
 * Returns exception's message (or the name of the exception if
 * no message is set).
 */

static VALUE
exc_to_s(exc)
    VALUE exc;
{
    VALUE mesg = rb_attr_get(exc, rb_intern("mesg"));

    if (NIL_P(mesg)) return rb_class_name(CLASS_OF(exc));
    if (OBJ_TAINTED(exc)) OBJ_TAINT(mesg);
    return mesg;
}

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