Sexy Ruby Exception handling in Method

gistfile1.rb

def render(*args); puts "Render: #{args.inspect}"; end
def render_error(*args); puts "Render error: #{args.inspect}"; end

class Error < Exception
end

def exceptional_method(test)
  if not test
    raise Error, "Error message: #{not true}"
  end
rescue Error => message
  @error = message
ensure
  if defined? @error
    render_error @error
  else
    render json: { status: "ok" }
  end
end

exceptional_method true
exceptional_method false