Issue #22077 has been reported by jerome.paul@gmail.com (Jerome Paul). ---------------------------------------- Bug #22077: Endless methods in 3.3.5 allows for endless rescues. 4.0 shows different behaviour https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22077 * Author: jerome.paul@gmail.com (Jerome Paul) * Status: Open * ruby -v: 3.4.x * Backport: 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN, 4.0: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ruby 3.3.5 (2024-09-03 revision ef084cc8f4) [x86_64-linux] ``` irb(main):001> def endless = nil * 1000 rescue raise('surprise') rescue 'please stop' => :endless irb(main):002> endless => "please stop" irb(main):003> ``` ruby 4.0.3 (2026-04-21 revision 85ddef263a) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] ``` irb(main):001> def endless = nil * 1000 rescue raise('surprise') rescue 'please stop' => :endless irb(main):002> endless (irb):1:in 'Object#endless': surprise (RuntimeError) from (irb):2:in '<main>' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/exe/irb:9:in '<top (required)>' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/4.0.0/rubygems.rb:304:in 'Kernel#load' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/4.0.0/rubygems.rb:304:in 'Gem.activate_and_load_bin_path' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/bin/irb:25:in '<main>' (irb):1:in 'Object#endless': undefined method '*' for nil (NoMethodError) from (irb):2:in '<main>' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb/workspace.rb:110:in 'Kernel#eval' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb/workspace.rb:110:in 'IRB::WorkSpace#evaluate' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb/context.rb:591:in 'IRB::Context#evaluate_expression' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb/context.rb:557:in 'IRB::Context#evaluate' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:202:in 'block (2 levels) in IRB::Irb#eval_input' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:521:in 'IRB::Irb#signal_status' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:194:in 'block in IRB::Irb#eval_input' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:281:in 'block in IRB::Irb#each_top_level_statement' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:278:in 'Kernel#loop' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:278:in 'IRB::Irb#each_top_level_statement' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:193:in 'IRB::Irb#eval_input' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:174:in 'block in IRB::Irb#run' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:173:in 'Kernel#catch' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:173:in 'IRB::Irb#run' from /home/jerome/.rbenv/versions/4.0.3/lib/ruby/gems/4.0.0/gems/irb-1.16.0/lib/irb.rb:54:in 'IRB.start' ... 4 levels... ``` `ruby 3.4.3 (2025-04-14 revision d0b7e5b6a0) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]` shows the same behaviour as 4.0.3. Being honest I don't think endless methods should allow for endless rescues! So the behaviour since at least 3.4.3 is IMO close to correct however instead of a runtime error I would expect a SyntaxError. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/