Re: String#slice! doc bug?

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From: Daniel B. [mailto:[email protected]]

The docs for String#slice! say, “The forms that take a Fixnum will raise
an IndexError if the value is out of range.”

Perhaps the docs are describing what the documenter hoped would be
implemented. My C is very rusty, but I don’t see anything in string.c
related to slice! that would raise errors for that.

I’d mention the bug on the ruby-core or ruby-doc lists (depending on
whether the code or documentation is perceived to be at fault).

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Gavin K. wrote:

From: Daniel B. [mailto:[email protected]]

The docs for String#slice! say, “The forms that take a Fixnum will raise
an IndexError if the value is out of range.”

Perhaps the docs are describing what the documenter hoped would be implemented. My C is very rusty, but I don’t see anything in string.c related to slice! that would raise errors for that.

Neither do I.

I’d mention the bug on the ruby-core or ruby-doc lists (depending on whether the code or documentation is perceived to be at fault).

Roger that. I’ll file a bug report.

Regards,

Dan
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