Better yet, instead of complaining it can't find the Controller, put the original message in as an error, so that we know what line the syntax error was on?
Paul On Feb 4, 11:04 am, Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess we can add another special case. > > -- Yehuda > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Shalon Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hmm. What about having it crash in production and test, but not > > development? That should solve the problem of crashing during > > development, but still ensure there aren't any lurking surprises in > > production. (My rationale for crashing in the test environment is that > > that will keep from wasting time running tests, thus speeding things > > up). > > > Shalon Wood > > > Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> writes: > > > > We previously crashed on syntax error, but that drove people nuts who > > > saved with syntax errors and had their app crash. Apparently people > > hit > > > save with syntax errors and having their app crash before they got a > > > chance to fix it was driving them nuts. > > > -- Yehuda > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Shalon Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just ran into a situation that threw me; I had a syntax error in > > > my controller > > > file which stopped it from being loaded, but instead of throwing an > > > error immediately and refusing to continue (as I would have > > > expected), I > > > got an error about not being able to find the controller class > > > later, > > > when my tests attempted to use the controller. > > > I would think that it would be better to throw an error and die on > > > startup, since a syntax error in a controller is _never_ good, and > > > if > > > the error doesn't show up until you access the page, you've > > > potentially > > > lost the information as to what the actual problem was, if you've > > > rolled > > > your logfile (e.g., a controller which is rarely used, perhaps once > > > a > > > month). > > > Is there a reason for continuing after a syntax error in a > > > controller > > > (or model, for that matter)? > > > Shalon Wood > > > -- > > > > -- > > > Yehuda Katz > > > Developer | Engine Yard > > > (ph) 718.877.1325 > > > -- > > -- > Yehuda Katz > Developer | Engine Yard > (ph) 718.877.1325 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
