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Asked: 2026-05-30T22:30:14+00:00

Is it possible, in Ruby, to raise an Exception that will also automatically abort

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Is it possible, in Ruby, to raise an Exception that will also automatically abort the program, ignoring any enclosing begin/rescue blocks?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately, none of these exit answers will work. exit raises SystemExit which can be caught. Observe:

    begin
  exit
rescue SystemExit
end

puts "Still here!"

    As @dominikh says, you need to use exit! instead:

    begin
  exit!
rescue SystemExit
end

puts "Didn't make it here :("
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