# \[Ruby 1.8 - Bug #269\] (Open) OptionParser#environment requires shellwords

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-bug-269-open-optionparser-environment-requires-shellwords/142923>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 13, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-bug-269-open-optionparser-environment-requires-shellwords/142923 "2008-07-13T15:56:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Takashi\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@Takashi\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Takashi_T)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-bug-269-open-optionparser-environment-requires-shellwords/142923/1 "2008-07-13T15:56:25Z")

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Bug #269: OptionParser#environment requires shellwords  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/269](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/269)

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$ cat t.rb  
require ‘optparse’  
ENV[“A”] = ‘-a -b’  
p OptionParser.new.environment(“A”)

$ ruby-1.8 -v t.rb  
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-07-01 revision 17756) [i686-linux]  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:1479:in `environment’:  
uninitialized constant OptionParser::Shellwords (NameError)  
from t.rb:3

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**Author:** ![Takashi\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@Takashi\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Takashi_T)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-bug-269-open-optionparser-environment-requires-shellwords/142923/2 "2008-07-13T23:07:41Z")

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## Applied in changeset r18058.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/269](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/269)