Bug #4496: ri can't describe Kernel.warn

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.8.7 (2010-06-23 patchlevel 299) [x86_64-linux]

[candlerb (Brian Candler)]

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It appears to be impossible to read documentation on Kernel.warn, due to overlapping matches.

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-06-23 patchlevel 299) [x86_64-linux]
$ ri 'Kernel.warn' | cat
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

 Kernel#warn, Kernel#with_warnings, Kernel#enable_warnings,
 Kernel#silence_warnings, Kernel#suppress_warnings, Kernel#warn

$ ri 'Kernel#warn' | cat
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

 Kernel#warn, Kernel#with_warnings, Kernel#enable_warnings,
 Kernel#silence_warnings, Kernel#suppress_warnings, Kernel#warn

$ ri 'Kernel::warn' | cat
Nothing known about Kernel::warn

Suggested solution: if your search term is an exact match, then display it (don't search for other possible matches)

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[candlerb (Brian Candler)]

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Sorry about garbled text formatting.

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-06-23 patchlevel 299) [x86_64-linux]
$ ri 'Kernel.warn' | cat
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

     Kernel#warn, Kernel#with_warnings, Kernel#enable_warnings,
     Kernel#silence_warnings, Kernel#suppress_warnings, Kernel#warn
$ ri 'Kernel#warn' | cat
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

     Kernel#warn, Kernel#with_warnings, Kernel#enable_warnings,
     Kernel#silence_warnings, Kernel#suppress_warnings, Kernel#warn
$ ri 'Kernel::warn' | cat
Nothing known about Kernel::warn

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[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

• Category set to lib
• Status changed from Open to Rejected
• Assignee set to drbrain (Eric Hodel)

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RDoc 1.0.1 in 1.8.7 is no longer being maintained as the RDoc code base has diverged too far.

Please upgrade your RDoc gem to fix.
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