[ruby-core:124522] [Ruby Feature#21822] Expose Return Value in the ensure Block

13 Jan 2026

      Issue #21822 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada).

Is the variable `nil` if an exception is raised, even for non-local variable?
By analogy with `rescue`, it feels natural for me that the variable is unchanged in that case.

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Feature #21822: Expose Return Value in the ensure Block
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21822#change-116082

* Author: artemb (Artem Borodkin)
* Status: Open
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I'd like to propose a simple feature that allows easy access to the return value inside an ensure block.

```ruby
begin 
   # ...
ensure => ret
   # ret is nil if an exception is raised
   LOGGER.debug "return value: #{ret}"
end
```

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