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Re:I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure han... by umjames on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @03:35PM (#2514980)
I quick check of the Ruby documentation (http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/) suggests that raise and fail are the same method.

Is there an actual difference between these methods?

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Re:I just released an eBook about exceptions and failure han... by avdi on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @03:47PM (#2515018)
Nope! It's strictly a style issue. As I explain in the video (or the book if you buy it), as a result of a conversation with Jim Weirich I'm starting to use "fail" once again.
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