play nicer; perhaps jobs may want to raise in on_failure hook to avoid reporting

Author: yaauie

lib/resque/job.rb

@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ def payload_class
       @payload_class ||= constantize(@payload['class'])
     end
 
+    # returns true if payload_class does not raise NameError
+    def has_payload_class?
+      payload_class != Object
+    rescue NameError
+      false
+    end
+
     # Returns an array of args represented in this job's payload.
     def args
       @payload['args']
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ def args
     # Given an exception object, hands off the needed parameters to
     # the Failure module.
     def fail(exception)
-      run_failure_hooks(exception) rescue nil
+      run_failure_hooks(exception) if has_payload_class?
       Failure.create \
         :payload   => payload,
         :exception => exception,