Forum: Ruby-core [ruby-trunk - Feature #7518][Open] Fiddle::Pointer#to_str and Fiddle::Pointer#to_int should be remov

Issue #7518 has been reported by ngoto (Naohisa Goto).

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Feature #7518: Fiddle::Pointer#to_str and Fiddle::Pointer#to_int should 
be removed
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7518

Author: ngoto (Naohisa Goto)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)
Category:
Target version:


There are Fiddle::Pointer#to_str and to_int, to be used for implicit 
conversion to String and Integer, respectively. I think those implicit 
conversion methods should be removed.
(Note that there are to_s and to_i, explicit conversion to String and 
Integer, respectively.)

About to_str: Because Fiddle::Pointer is not always a pointer of char *, 
and careless conversion of invalid pointer to a string would frequently 
cause SEGV. So, I think implicit conversion to string is very danger and 
it should be removed.

About to_int: Unlike to_str, pointer arithmetic methods are available in 
Fiddle::Pointer, but it lacks many methods for treating it as integer, 
and I think Fiddle::Pointer is not suitable for implicit conversion to 
integer.

Issue #7518 has been updated by luislavena (Luis Lavena).

Category set to ext
Status changed from Open to Assigned


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Feature #7518: Fiddle::Pointer#to_str and Fiddle::Pointer#to_int should 
be removed
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7518#change-34423

Author: ngoto (Naohisa Goto)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)
Category: ext
Target version:


There are Fiddle::Pointer#to_str and to_int, to be used for implicit 
conversion to String and Integer, respectively. I think those implicit 
conversion methods should be removed.
(Note that there are to_s and to_i, explicit conversion to String and 
Integer, respectively.)

About to_str: Because Fiddle::Pointer is not always a pointer of char *, 
and careless conversion of invalid pointer to a string would frequently 
cause SEGV. So, I think implicit conversion to string is very danger and 
it should be removed.

About to_int: Unlike to_str, pointer arithmetic methods are available in 
Fiddle::Pointer, but it lacks many methods for treating it as integer, 
and I think Fiddle::Pointer is not suitable for implicit conversion to 
integer.