Method: Exception#detailed_message

Defined in:

error.c

#detailed_message(highlight: false, **kwargs) ⇒ String

Returns the message string with enhancements:

• Includes the exception class name in the first line.

• If the value of keyword highlight is true, includes bolding and underlining ANSI codes (see below) to enhance the appearance of the message.

Examples:

begin
  1 / 0
rescue => x
  p x.message
  p x.detailed_message                  # Class name added.
  p x.detailed_message(highlight: true) # Class name, bolding, and underlining added.
end

Output:

"divided by 0"
"divided by 0 (ZeroDivisionError)"
"\e[1mdivided by 0 (\e[1;4mZeroDivisionError\e[m\e[1m)\e[m"

This method is overridden by some gems in the Ruby standard library to add information:

• DidYouMean::Correctable#detailed_message.

• ErrorHighlight::CoreExt#detailed_message.

• SyntaxSuggest#detailed_message.

An overriding method must be tolerant of passed keyword arguments, which may include (but may not be limited to):

• :highlight.

• :did_you_mean.

• :error_highlight.

• :syntax_suggest.

An overriding method should also be careful with ANSI code enhancements; see Messages.

Returns:

• (String)

# File 'error.c', line 1808

static VALUE
exc_detailed_message(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE exc)
{
    VALUE opt;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "0:", &opt);

    VALUE highlight = check_highlight_keyword(opt, 0);

    extern VALUE rb_decorate_message(const VALUE eclass, VALUE emesg, int highlight);

    return rb_decorate_message(CLASS_OF(exc), rb_get_message(exc), RTEST(highlight));
}