Ruby exception handling: can't suppress NoMethodError

Question

I simply want my method call to suppress all "NoMethodError" exceptions that might arise in the methods it in turn calls.

def foo
  begin
    bar1
    bar2
  rescue Exception
    return '--'
  end
end

But this doesn't work. NoMethodError keeps being raised to the top level.

The exact error is undefined method[]' for nil:NilClass' (NoMethodError)

Answer 1

class Object
    def method_missing(meth,*args)
        # do whatever you want here
        end
    end

If you want something less global, you can do this on an narrower class, or even a specific instance:

class << my_object
    # and so forth