NameError

Class

Raised when a given name is invalid or undefined.

puts foo

raises the exception:

NameError: undefined local variable or method `foo' for main:Object

Since constant names must start with a capital:

Integer.const_set :answer, 42

raises the exception:

NameError: wrong constant name answer

Class Methods

NameError.new([msg, *, name]) → name_error

error.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
name_err_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE name;
    VALUE iseqw = Qnil;

    name = (argc > 1) ? argv[--argc] : Qnil;
    rb_call_super(argc, argv);
    rb_ivar_set(self, id_name, name);
    {
        rb_thread_t *th = GET_THREAD();
        rb_control_frame_t *cfp =
            rb_vm_get_ruby_level_next_cfp(th, RUBY_VM_PREVIOUS_CONTROL_FRAME(th->cfp));
        if (cfp) iseqw = rb_iseqw_new(cfp->iseq);
    }
    rb_ivar_set(self, id_iseq, iseqw);
    return self;
}

Construct a new NameError exception. If given the name parameter may subsequently be examined using the NameError.name method.

Instance Methods

name_error.local_variables → array

error.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
name_err_local_variables(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE vars = rb_attr_get(self, id_local_variables);

    if (NIL_P(vars)) {
        VALUE iseqw = rb_attr_get(self, id_iseq);
        if (!NIL_P(iseqw)) vars = rb_iseqw_local_variables(iseqw);
        if (NIL_P(vars)) vars = rb_ary_new();
        rb_ivar_set(self, id_local_variables, vars);
    }
    return vars;
}

Return a list of the local variable names defined where this NameError exception was raised.

Internal use only.

name_error.name → string or nil

error.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
name_err_name(VALUE self)
{
    return rb_attr_get(self, id_name);
}

Return the name associated with this NameError exception.

name_error.receiver → object

error.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
name_err_receiver(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE *ptr, recv, mesg;

    recv = rb_ivar_lookup(self, id_receiver, Qundef);
    if (recv != Qundef) return recv;

    mesg = rb_attr_get(self, id_mesg);
    if (!rb_typeddata_is_kind_of(mesg, &name_err_mesg_data_type)) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "no receiver is available");
    }
    ptr = DATA_PTR(mesg);
    return ptr[NAME_ERR_MESG__RECV];
}

Return the receiver associated with this NameError exception.