Bug #4776: DateTime.new! has been disabled

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: tadf (tadayoshi funaba)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-06-06 trunk 31944) [x86_64-darwin10.7.0]

[tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)]

After r31668, DateTime.new! no longer works. Is there a replacement? Or is this a mistake?

This code works before r31668, but breaks after 31668:

irb(main):001:0> require 'date'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> DateTime.new!
NoMethodError: undefined method new!' for DateTime:Class from (irb):2 from /Users/aaron/.local/bin/irb:12:in '
irb(main):003:0>

Some gems (specifically the tzinfo gem) depend on this method. Rails depends on tzinfo, and since tzinfo breaks I can no longer test trunk against rails. :-(

[tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)]

• ruby -v changed from ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-05-24 trunk 31718) [x86_64-darwin10.7.0] to -

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 09:26:10AM +0900, Aaron Patterson wrote:

Issue #4776 has been reported by Aaron Patterson.

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Bug #4776: DateTime.new! has been disabled
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4776

Author: Aaron Patterson
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: tadayoshi funaba
Category:
Target version:
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-05-24 trunk 31718) [x86_64-darwin10.7.0]

After r31668, DateTime.new! no longer works. Is there a replacement? Or is this a mistake?

This code works before r31668, but breaks after 31668:

irb(main):001:0> require 'date'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> DateTime.new!
NoMethodError: undefined method new!' for DateTime:Class from (irb):2 from /Users/aaron/.local/bin/irb:12:in '
irb(main):003:0>

Some gems (specifically the tzinfo gem) depend on this method. Rails depends on tzinfo, and since tzinfo breaks I can no longer test trunk against rails. :-(

Bump?

--
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

[tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)]

• ruby -v changed from - to ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-06-06 trunk 31944) [x86_64-darwin10.7.0]

Hello? :(

[tadf (tadayoshi funaba)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

not a bug.

it's for only internal use.
he must have known it.
i once talked to the authour of tzinfo about Rational.new!.

anyway now DateTime.new! is not reasonable at all.
it does not depend on the current internal structure.
it is not fast if avairable.

learn good manners.