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Print Ruby Exception Hierarchy
exceptions = []
tree = {}
ObjectSpace.each_object(Class) do |cls|
next unless cls.ancestors.include? Exception
next if exceptions.include? cls
next if cls.superclass == SystemCallError # avoid dumping Errno's
exceptions << cls
cls.ancestors.delete_if {|e| [Object, Kernel].include? e }.reverse.inject(tree) {|memo,cls| memo[cls] ||= {}}
end
indent = 0
tree_printer = Proc.new do |t|
t.keys.sort { |c1,c2| c1.name <=> c2.name }.each do |k|
space = (' ' * indent); space ||= ''
puts space + k.to_s
indent += 2; tree_printer.call t[k]; indent -= 2
end
end
tree_printer.call tree
# Thank you to Nick Sieger
# http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/09/06/rubys-exception-hierarchy/
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