Feature #12906: do/end blocks work with ensure/rescue/else - Ruby master - Ruby Issue Tracking System

When you want to rescue in a block, you must do this: lambda do begin raise 'err' rescue $! # => #<RuntimeError: err> end end.call I've wished on numerous occasions that I could omit the begin/end and not need the extra wrapper: lambda do raise 'err' rescue $! # => #<RuntimeError: err> end.call This would be consistent with how classes and methods work: class C raise 'err' rescue $! # => #<Runtime