Catching uncaught exceptions with node v0.10.13

1-process-uncaughtException.js

// this catches the error (good) but still crashes (bad)
// was process.uncaughtException already deprecated?
// (shouldn't have been yet - http://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_event_uncaughtexception)

process.on('uncaughtException', function(error) {
  return console.error("CAUGHT uncaughtException", error);
});

throw new Error("A big error!");

setInterval((function() {
  return console.log('still here');
}), 1000);

2-process-uncaughtException.coffee

# this doesn't even catch the error

## apparently as designed -- see https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/1438

process.on 'uncaughtException', (error)->
  console.error "CAUGHT uncaughtException", error

throw new Error "A big error!"

setInterval (-> console.log('still here')), 1000

3-domain.js

// this catches and keeps running.

var domain = require('domain');

var myDomain = domain.create()

myDomain.on('error', function(error){
  console.error("Caught domain error", error);
});

myDomain.run(function(){
  setInterval((function() {
    return console.log('still here');
  }), 1000);

  throw new Error("An error in the domain!");
});

4-domain.coffee

## this fails!! - normal exception & crash
## (run w/ `coffee [PATH]`)

domain = require 'domain'

myDomain = domain.create()

myDomain.on 'error', (error)->
  console.error "Caught domain error", error

myDomain.run ->
  setInterval (-> return console.log 'still here'), 1000

  throw new Error "An error in the domain!"

5-domain2.coffee

## interestingly, this works! just added `process.nextTick`
## (ideas from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/coffeescript/TzQyqVyn1JQ/FtXnMgwKE80J)

domain = require 'domain'

myDomain = domain.create()

myDomain.on 'error', (error)->
  console.error "Caught domain error", error

myDomain.run ->
  process.nextTick ->
    setInterval (-> return console.log 'still here'), 1000

    throw new Error "An error in the domain!"