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::new returns `nil` when first argument is a String '*'

Bug #12458: ::new returns `nil` when first argument is a String '*'

Added by s.mackesey (Sean Mackesey) over 9 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

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Third Party's Issue
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Target version:
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ruby -v:
Backport:
2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
[ruby-core:75837]

Description

I encountered this bug on the 2.4.0-dev branch. It does not exist in 2.3.0.

I have a class with this initialize method:

  def initialize(str, **kwargs)
    @raw = str
    kwargs.each { |k,v| instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v) }
  end

When I call ::new with the String '*' as the first argument str, it returns nil instead of a new instance. I discovered in a class buried deep in my application and was unable to replicate it in a simpler script context.

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