Bug #174
closed
[1.8.6] File.extname(".profile") is not returning an empty String
Description
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In the latest patchlevel versions of the ruby_1_8_6 branch, the File.extname method stopped returning empty Strings for files starting with a dot:
Latest version of the ruby_1_8 branch:
File.extname(".profile") # => ""
Latest version of the ruby_1_8_7 branch:
File.extname(".profile") # => ""
Latest version of the ruby_1_8_6 branch:
File.extname(".profile") # => ".profile"
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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 16 years ago
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This is a Ruby 1.8.7 feature so who changed its behavior is 1.8.7,
rather than 1.8.6.
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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 16 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
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Not a bug.
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Updated by NoKarma (Arthur Schreiber) over 16 years ago
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That is definately a bug, as earlier Ruby 1.8.6 patchlevels showed
exactly the same behaviour as 1.8.7:
VERSION = 1.8.6-p111:
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
VERSION = 1.8.6-p114
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
VERSION = 1.8.6-p166
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
VERSION = 1.8.6-p222
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ".profile"
VERSION = 1.8.7-p17
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
VERSION = 1.8.7-p7
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
VERSION = 1.8.7
irb(main):001:0> File.extname(".profile")
=> ""
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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 16 years ago
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Ah, sorry I was wrong.
I've backported corresponding patch from 1.8 branch. Thank you pointing this out.
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