Bug #3760: help "String.new" (for example) no longer works in irb

• Status: Closed
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee: keiju (Keiju Ishitsuka)
• Target version: 1.9.3
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [x86_64-darwin10.4.0]

[pragdave (Dave Thomas)]

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ruby-1.9.2-p0 > help "String.new"
NoMethodError: undefined method get_info_for' for #<RDoc::RI::Driver:0x000001009d9c38> from /Users/dave/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/help.rb:29:in block in execute'
from /Users/dave/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/help.rb:27:in `each'
. . .

Cheers

Dave
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[eitoball (Eito Katagiri)]

• File bug3760.patch bug3760.patch added

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The attached patch should fix this issue. Please review and try the patch.

The "get_info_for" method has been removed from RDoc::RI::Driver class since r19537; when RDoc 2.2.1 r185 was imported.
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[shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe)]

• Status changed from Open to Feedback

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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Feedback to Rejected

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No feedback.
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[runpaint (Run Paint Run Run)]

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Please reopen.

RUBY_REVISION
=> 30404
help 'String.new'
NoMethodError: undefined method get_info_for' for #<RDoc::RI::Driver:0x9a6f730> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/help.rb:29:in block in execute'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/help.rb:27:in each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/help.rb:27:in execute'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/cmd/nop.rb:19:in execute' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/extend-command.rb:135:in irb_help'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/extend-command.rb:138:in irb_help' from (irb):7:in irb_binding'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/workspace.rb:80:in eval' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/workspace.rb:80:in evaluate'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/context.rb:254:in evaluate' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:159:in block (2 levels) in eval_input'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:273:in signal_status' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:156:in block in eval_input'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:243:in block (2 levels) in each_top_level_statement' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in loop'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in block in each_top_level_statement' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:228:in catch'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:228:in each_top_level_statement' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:155:in eval_input'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:70:in block in start' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in catch'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in start' from /usr/local/bin/irb:12:in 'Maybe IRB bug!

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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Rejected to Assigned
• Assignee set to keiju (Keiju Ishitsuka)

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[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

Keiju, how about it?

[nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)]

• Target version set to 1.9.3

[keiju (Keiju Ishitsuka)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r32286.
Dave, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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• lib/irb/cmd/help.rb: support RDoc 3.7. fix [Bug #3760].