require_relative '../../spec_helper' describe "Exception#cause" do it "returns the active exception when an exception is raised" do begin raise Exception, "the cause" rescue Exception begin raise RuntimeError, "the consequence" rescue RuntimeError => e e.should be_an_instance_of(RuntimeError) e.message.should == "the consequence" e.cause.should be_an_instance_of(Exception) e.cause.message.should == "the cause" end end end it "is set for user errors caused by internal errors" do -> { begin 1 / 0 rescue raise "foo" end }.should raise_error(RuntimeError) { |e| e.cause.should be_kind_of(ZeroDivisionError) } end it "is set for internal errors caused by user errors" do cause = RuntimeError.new "cause" -> { begin raise cause rescue 1 / 0 end }.should raise_error(ZeroDivisionError) { |e| e.cause.should equal(cause) } end end